Definition of enlighten

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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..

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Obscurant :: Obscurant (n.) One who obscures; one who prevents enlightenment or hinders the progress of knowledge and wisdom.
Inform :: Inform (v. t.) To communicate knowledge to; to make known to; to acquaint; to advise; to instruct; to tell; to notify; to enlighten; -- usually followed by of.
Unseel :: Unseel (v. t.) To open, as the eyes of a hawk that have been seeled; hence, to give light to; to enlighten..
Luminary :: Luminary (n.) One who illustrates any subject, or enlightens mankind; as, Newton was a distinguished luminary..
Wise :: Wise (v.) Having knowledge; knowing; enlightened; of extensive information; erudite; learned.
Ignorant :: Ignorant (a.) Destitute of knowledge; uninstructed or uninformed; untaught; unenlightened.
Enlighten :: Enlighten (v. t.) To supply with light; to illuminate; as, the sun enlightens the earth..
Illuminati :: Illuminati (v. t.) Any persons who profess special spiritual or intellectual enlightenment.
Instruct :: Instruct (v. t.) To form by communication of knowledge; to inform the mind of; to impart knowledge or information to; to enlighten; to teach; to discipline.
Culture :: Culture (n.) The state of being cultivated; result of cultivation; physical improvement; enlightenment and discipline acquired by mental and moral training; civilization; refinement in manners and taste.
Instruct :: Instruct (a.) Instructed; taught; enlightened.
Irradiate :: Irradiate (v. t.) To enlighten intellectually; to illuminate; as, to irradiate the mind..
Radiate :: Radiate (v. t.) To enlighten; to illuminate; to shed light or brightness on; to irradiate.
Lightning :: Lightning (n.) The act of making bright, or the state of being made bright; enlightenment; brightening, as of the mental powers..
Heathen :: Heathen (a.) Barbarous; unenlightened; heathenish.
Phase :: Phase (n.) A particular appearance or state in a regularly recurring cycle of changes with respect to quantity of illumination or form of enlightened disk; as, the phases of the moon or planets. See Illust. under Moon..
Enlightener :: Enlightener (n.) One who enlightens or illuminates; one who, or that which, communicates light to the eye, or clear views to the mind..
Light :: Light (n.) That which illumines or makes clear to the mind; mental or spiritual illumination; enlightenment; knowledge; information.
Illuminate :: Illuminate (a.) Enlightened.
Illuminate :: Illuminate (n.) One who enlightened; esp., a pretender to extraordinary light and knowledge..
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