v.
- give greater knowledge and understanding to.
▸give spiritual insight to.
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[as adj. enlightened]
rational, tolerant, and well informed.
Derivative
Etymology
ME (in the sense ‘make luminous’): in early use from OE inlīhtan ‘to shine’; later from en-1, in-2 + lighten2 or the noun light1.
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