different between enlighten vs inlight

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)

1. (transitive) To supply with light.

   Synonyms: illumine, illuminate; see also Thesaurus:illuminate

   Antonym: endarken

2. (transitive, figuratively) To make something clear to (someone); to give knowledge or understanding to.

   Synonyms: apprise, notify, inform

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English inlighten, from Old English inl?htan, inl?htan, inl?ohtan (“to enlighten, light up”), from Proto-Germanic *inliuhtijan? (“to lighten, illuminate”), from Proto-Indo-European *leuk- (“to shine”), equivalent to in- +? light. Cognate with Dutch inlichten (“to enlighten, inform”), Old High German inliuhten (“to enlighten, illuminate”), Gothic ???????????????????????????????????????? (inliuhtjan, “to enlighten, illuminate”). Compare also Middle English anl?hten, from Old English onl?htan (id.). More at in-, light.

Verb

inlight (third-person singular simple present inlights, present participle inlighting, simple past and past participle inlighted)

1. (intransitive) To shine.
2. (transitive) To give light to; enlighten.
   • 1972, Atlanta Historical Society, Atlanta historical bulletin:

     ... am not what I would wish to be a good Christian but I pray to God to inlight my mind and make me what I should be.

   • 1993, Andrew G. Tescher, Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers, Applications of digital image processing XV:

     ... our cooperative segmentation method is not significantly longer than -edge or -region segmentation separately while explaining the three principles in more details in the following of this paper, we will inlight this major point.

Derived terms

• inlighted

Anagrams

• hilting, lightin', lithing