Woe to those who presume that they are destined to ‘enlighten’ others, not themselves!
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Enlighten
//ɪnˈlaɪtən//
Synonyms for "enlighten" (198 found)
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groundguidehighlightillumeilluminateillustrateimproveimprove uponinforminstructirradiatelardleave wordlet down easylet in onlet knowliftlightlightenluminate
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make an improvementmake clearmake plainmelioratemendmentionmention tonotifynurtureopen the eyesovershinepopularizeprick the bubblepromoteput straightraiserationalizereeducaterefinerefine uponreformrelumereluminereportschoolsend wordserve noticeset rightset straightsharpen the witsshed light uponshine uponshowshow howshow the wayshow upsimplifysocializesolvespeakspell outspotlightstraighten outteachteach a lessonteach the rudimentstelltell the truththrow light upontraintransfiguretransformturn over a new leaftutorunblindfolduncharmundeceiveunfoldunlockunravelunspellupgradeupliftversewake up
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1 entriesTranslations
54 translations across 24 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- ndriçoj verb (to supply with light)
Bulgarian
2 entries- осведомявам verb (to make clear to the intellect)
- осветявам verb (to supply with light)
Czech
1 entries- osvítit verb (to make clear to the intellect)
Esperanto
2 entries- lumigi verb (to supply with light)
- prilumi verb (to supply with light)
Finnish
2 entries- valaista verb (to supply with light)
- valistaa verb (to make clear to the intellect)
French
3 entries- informer verb (to make clear to the intellect)
- éclairer verb (to supply with light)
- éclairer verb (to make clear to the intellect)
Galician
2 entries- alumear verb (to supply with light)
- alumear verb (to make clear to the intellect)
German
1 entries- aufklären verb (to make clear to the intellect)
Greek
2 entries- διαφωτίζω verb (to make clear to the intellect)
- φωτίζω verb (to supply with light)
Hebrew
2 entries- האיר verb (to supply with light)
- האיר verb (to make clear to the intellect)
Hungarian
3 entries- felvilágosít verb (to make clear to the intellect)
- kivilágít verb (to supply with light)
- megvilágít verb (to supply with light)
Italian
1 entries- illuminare verb (to supply with light)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- агартуу verb (to make clear to the intellect)
Ligurian
1 entries- illüminò verb (to supply with light)
Polish
4 entries- oświecać verb (to supply with light)
- oświecać verb (to make clear to the intellect)
- uświadamiać verb (to supply with light)
- uświadamiać verb (to make clear to the intellect)
Portuguese
3 entries- esclarecer verb (to make clear to the intellect)
- iluminar verb (to supply with light)
- iluminar verb (to make clear to the intellect)
Romanian
2 entries- ilumina verb (to supply with light)
- lămuri verb (to make clear to the intellect)
Russian
4 entries- осведоми́ть verb (to make clear to the intellect)
- осведомля́ть verb (to make clear to the intellect)
- освети́ть verb (to supply with light)
- освеща́ть verb (to supply with light)
Spanish
4 entries- alumbrar verb (to supply with light)
- alumbrar verb (to make clear to the intellect)
- esclarecer verb (to supply with light)
- esclarecer verb (to make clear to the intellect)
Swedish
2 entries- belysa verb (to supply with light)
- upplysa verb (to make clear to the intellect)
Tagalog
1 entries- maliwanagan verb (to make clear to the intellect)
Turkish
2 entries- aydınlatmak verb (to supply with light)
- bilgilendirmek verb (to make clear to the intellect)
Ukrainian
2 entries- просвіти́ти verb (to make clear to the intellect)
- просвіща́ти verb (to make clear to the intellect)
Vietnamese
1 entries- làm sáng tỏ verb (to supply with light)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
Maybe you could enlighten me.
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Why don't you enlighten us?
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The ray of wisdom must enlighten new horizons.
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