en·light·en

(ĕn-līt′n)

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·light′en·er n.

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Adj.	1.	enlightening - tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance; "an enlightening glimpse of government in action"; "an illuminating lecture" illuminating, informative unenlightening, unilluminating - failing to inform or clarify; "an unenlightening comment"
	2.	enlightening - enlightening or uplifting so as to encourage intellectual or moral improvement; "the paintings in the church served an edifying purpose even for those who could not read" edifying

enlightening

adjective

1. Promoting culture:

civilizing, cultural, edifying, humanizing, refining.

2. Serving to educate or inform:

edifying, educational, educative, illuminative, informative, instructional, instructive.

Translations

illuminante istruttivo

enlightening

[ɪnˈlaɪtnɪŋ] ADJ → informativo; [experience etc] → instructivo

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

enlightening

[ɪnˈlaɪt^ənɪŋ] adj [experience, conversation, book] → instructif/ive

enlightening

adj → aufschlussreich

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

enlightening

[ɪnˈlaɪtnɪŋ] adj → istruttivo/a