enlighten
Meaning of enlighten
- give (someone) greater knowledge and understanding about a subject or situation.
Christopher had not enlightened Francis as to their relationship
- shed light on (an object).
the sun enlightened some such clouds near him
Middle English (in the sense ‘make luminous’; formerly also as inlighten ): in early use from Old English inlīhtan ‘to shine’; later from en-1, in-2 (as an intensifier) + lighten2 or the noun light1.
Information about enlighten
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of enlighten is: enlightens.
- Languages in which enlighten is used:
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Hyphenation of enlighten
en-lighten
- It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
- enlighten is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
enlighten synonyms
Meaning edify:
Meaning irradiate:
Meaning clear:
clear, crystallize, crystalize, illuminate, elucidate
Meaning give (someone) facts or information; tell:
Meaning inform (someone) of something, typically in a formal or official manner:
Meaning communicate information to someone in spoken or written words:
Meaning offer suggestions about the best course of action to someone:
Meaning inform or tell (someone):
Meaning instruct or inform (someone) thoroughly, especially in preparation for a task:
Meaning make (something) more modern or up to date:
Translation of enlighten
- Spanish: aclarar, informar
- French: éclairer, instruire, édifier
- German: aufklären
- Italian: illuminare
- Portuguese: esclarecer
Words that rhyme with enlighten
forfouchten, strauchten, M'Naghten, McNaughten, affrighten, alighten, benighten, boughten, brighten, drighten, embrighten, forfoughten, foughten, frighten, heighten, illighten, inlighten, lighten, outlighten, overfrighten, overheighten, overstraighten, overtighten, preenlighten, prefrighten, prestraighten, rebrighten, reenlighten, refrighten, reheighten, relighten, restraighten, retighten, righten, sighten, slighten, straighten, thoughten, tighten, ughten, unfoughten, untighten, upbrighten