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9 letters · 13 points in Scrabble
Meaning
verb make understand
verb give spiritual insight to; in religion
verb make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
originFormerly also inlighten, from Middle English enlightenen, inlightnen, a hybrid formed from inlighten (“to enlighten, illuminate”), from Old English inlīhtan, onlīhtan, enlīhtan (“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…
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
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