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enlighten

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en·light·en  (n-ltn)
tr.v. en·light·ened, en·light·en·ing, en·light·ens
1. To give spiritual or intellectual insight to: "Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppression of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day" Thomas Jefferson.
2. To give information to; inform or instruct.

en·lighten·er n.

enlighten
Verb
to give information or understanding to
enlightening adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.enlighten - make understand; "Can you enlighten me--I don't understand this proposal"
instruct, teach, learn - impart skills or knowledge to; "I taught them French"; "He instructed me in building a boat"
2.enlighten - give spiritual insight to; in religion
prophesy, vaticinate - predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration
3.enlighten - make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear; "Could you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault"
clarify, clear up, elucidate - make clear and (more) comprehensible; "clarify the mystery surrounding her death"

enlighten
verb inform, tell, teach, advise, counsel, educate, instruct, illuminate, make aware, edify, apprise, let know, cause to understand
Translations
Spanish enlighten [ɪnˈlaɪtn] vtinformar, instruir
French enlighten [ɪnˈlaɪtn] vtéclairer
German enlighten [ɪnˈlaɪtn] vtaufklären
Italian enlighten [ɪnˈlaɪtn] vtilluminare; dare chiarimenti a

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General Morgan will be able to enlighten us on this point.
I suspect that the large, mild boy, the son of a neighboring farmer, who mainly shared our games, had but a dim notion of what I meant by my strange people, but I did my best to enlighten him, and he helped me make a dream out of my life, and did his best to dwell in the region of unrealities where I preferably had my being; he was from time to time a Moor when I think he would rather have been a Mingo.
Can you mention any particulars which might help to enlighten me?
 
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