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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)

  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

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suppose

English

Etymology

From Middle English supposen, borrowed from Old French supposer, equivalent to prefix sub- (under) + poser (to place); corresponding in meaning to Latin supponere (to put under, to substitute, falsify, counterfeit), suppositum. See pose.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /s??p??z/, [s??p???z]
  • (US) IPA(key): /s??po?z/, [s??p?o?z]
  • (syncope, contraction)
    • (UK) IPA(key): /?sp??z/, [?sp??z]
    • (US) IPA(key): /?spo?z/, [?spo?z]
  • Rhymes: -??z

Verb

suppose (third-person singular simple present supposes, present participle supposing, simple past and past participle supposed)

  1. (transitive) To take for granted; to conclude, with less than absolute supporting data; to believe.
  2. (transitive) To theorize or hypothesize.
  3. (transitive) To imagine; to believe; to receive as true.
    • Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the young men, the king's sons; for Amnon only is dead.
  4. (transitive) To require to exist or to be true; to imply by the laws of thought or of nature.
    Purpose supposes foresight.
    • 1752, Charlotte Lennox, The Female Quixote
      One falsehood always supposes another, and renders all you can say suspected.
  5. (transitive) To put by fraud in the place of another.

Synonyms

  • assume (1,2)
  • See also Thesaurus:suppose

Derived terms

  • supposable
  • supposed to (idiom)
  • supposedly

Descendants

  • Chinese Pidgin English: supposey

Translations


French

Verb

suppose

  1. first-person singular present indicative of supposer
  2. third-person singular present indicative of supposer
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of supposer
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of supposer
  5. second-person singular imperative of supposer

Italian

Verb

suppose

  1. third-person singular past historic of supporre

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