Definition of enlightens Enlightens
/ɛnlajˈtʌnz/ - [enlaytunz] -
We found 3 definitions of enlightens from 2 different sources.
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What does enlightens mean?
Wiktionary 
- enlightens (Verb)
Third-person singular simple present of enlighten.
Part of speech
🔤- enlightens, verb, present, 3rd person singular of enlighten (infinitive).
WordNet
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| enlighten - make understand; "Can you enlighten me--I don't understand this proposal" | ||
| edify | ||
| teach, instruct, learn accustom gradually to some action or attitude; "The child is taught to obey her parents" | ||
| enlighten - give spiritual insight to; in religion | ||
| irradiate | ||
| prophesy, vaticinate predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration | ||
| enlighten - make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear; "Could you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault" | ||
| clear, clear up, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out, sort out, illuminate, elucidate | ||
| clarify, elucidate, clear up make clear by removing impurities or solids, as by heating; "clarify the butter"; "clarify beer" | ||
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Wiktionary
- enlighten (Verb)
To supply with light; to illuminate; as, the sun enlightens the earth. - enlighten (Verb)
To make clear to the intellect or conscience; to shed the light of truth and knowledge upon; to furnish with increase of knowledge; to instruct; as, to enlighten the mind or understanding.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- enlighten (v. t.)
To supply with light; to illuminate; as, the sun enlightens the earth. - enlighten (v. t.)
To make clear to the intellect or conscience; to shed the light of truth and knowledge upon; to furnish with increase of knowledge; to instruct; as, to enlighten the mind or understanding.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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enlighten
To give spiritual or intellectual insight to.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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enlighten
en-līt′n, v.t. to lighten or shed light on: to make clear to the mind: to impart knowledge to: to elevate by knowledge or religion—(obs.) Enlight′.—n. Enlight′enment, act of enlightening: state of being enlightened: the spirit of the French philosophers of the 18th century
Part of speech
🔤- enlighten, verb, present, 1st person singular of enlighten (infinitive).
- enlighten, verb (infinitive).
