different between enlighten vs enlight
enlighten
English
Etymology
Formerly also inlighten, from Middle English enlightenen, inlightnen, a hybrid formed from inlighten (“to enlighten, illuminate”), from Old English inl?htan, onl?htan, enl?hten (“to enlighten, illuminate, give light to, give sight to”) and lightnen (“to enlighten, illuminate”) (equivalent to light +? -en). Cognate with Dutch inlichten (“to enlighten, inform”), Old High German inliuhten (“to enlighten, illuminate”), Gothic ???????????????????????????????????????? (inliuhtjan, “to enlighten, illuminate”). More at inlight, -en.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?la?t?n/, /?n?la?t?n/, /?n?la?t?n/
- Rhymes: -a?t?n
- Hyphenation: en?light?en
Verb
enlighten (third-person singular simple present enlightens, present participle enlightening, simple past and past participle enlightened)
- (transitive) To supply with light.
- Synonyms: illumine, illuminate; see also Thesaurus:illuminate
- Antonym: endarken
- (transitive, figuratively) To make something clear to (someone); to give knowledge or understanding to.
- Synonyms: apprise, notify, inform
Translations
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- what enlightenment ideas are in the declaration of independence
- what enlightenment ideas influenced the american revolution
- what enlightenment ideas influenced the french revolution
- what enlightenment idea is reflected in the preamble
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- what enlightenment ideas influenced the haitian revolution
enlight
English
Etymology
en- +? light
Verb
enlight (third-person singular simple present enlights, present participle enlighting, simple past and past participle enlighted or enlit)
- (archaic, transitive) To illuminate.
Related terms
- enlighten
Anagrams
- lething, lighten
enlight From the web:
- what enlightenment
- what enlightenment philosopher was jefferson inspired by
- what enlightenment ideas are in the declaration of independence
- what enlightenment ideas influenced the american revolution
- what enlightenment ideas influenced the french revolution
- what enlightenment idea is reflected in the preamble
- what enlightenment ideas influenced the us constitution
- what enlightenment ideas influenced the haitian revolution
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