Enlight
[Verb transitive]
Webster's Dictionary 1828
2. [ See
Enlighten . enlight is rarely used.]
Enlighten
[Verb transitive]
Webster's Dictionary 1828
1. enli'tn. [from light.]
2. To make light; to shed light on; to supply with light; to
illuminate; as, the sun enlightens the earth.
4. To
quicken in the faculty of vision; to enable to see more clearly.
6. To give light to; to give clearer views; to
illuminate; to
instruct; to enable to see or
comprehend truth; as, to enlighten the mind or understanding.
7. To
illuminate with divine knowledge, or a knowledge of the truth.
Enlighten
[Verb transitive]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
1. To supply with light; to
illuminate; as, the sun enlightens the earth.
2. 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.
Enlightened
[Participle passive]
Webster's Dictionary 1828
One who illuminates; he or that which communicates light to the eye, or clear views to the mind.
One who enlightens or illuminates; one who, or that which, communicates light to the eye, or clear views to the mind.