Definition of Enlighten

Enlighten

To supply with light; to illuminate; as, the sun enlightens the earth.

To make clear to the intellect or conscience; to shed the light of truth and knowledge upon; to furnish with increase of knowledge; to instruct; as, to enlighten the mind or understanding.

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Enlighten Quotations

Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.
Thomas Jefferson

O Holy Spirit, descend plentifully into my heart. Enlighten the dark corners of this neglected dwelling and scatter there Thy cheerful beams.
Saint Augustine

I am searching for abstract ways of expressing reality, abstract forms that will enlighten my own mystery.
Eric Cantona

We're all capable of mistakes, but I do not care to enlighten you on the mistakes we may or may not have made.
Dan Quayle

I love any time you can enlighten people to mistakes, that's how I started my career.
Ice Cube

We're all capable of mistakes, but I do not care to enlighten you on the mistakes we may or may not have made.
Al Gore

The Jews are a race and not a religion. My goal was not to persecute the Jews but to enlighten Gentiles to put them on guard.
Julius Streicher

When virtue and modesty enlighten her charms, the lustre of a beautiful woman is brighter than the stars of heaven, and the influence of her power it is in vain to resist.
Akhenaton

That's why I haven't been so anxious. But now, lots of people write and say, 'I want to find out what you're doing.' So I know that this book will enlighten them.
Ornette Coleman

I would like to enlighten people.
Sammy Hagar

Although born in a prosperous realm, we did not believe that its boundaries should limit our knowledge, and that the lore of the East should alone enlighten us.
Charles de Secondat

The future of the world belongs to the youth of the world, and it is from the youth and not from the old that the fire of life will warm and enlighten the world. It is your privilege to breathe the breath of life into the dry bones of many around you.
Tom Mann

We are suffocated by writers who want to enlighten us with their truths. For me, the theatre is beautiful because it is a secret, and secrets seduce us, we all want to share secrets.
Howard Barker

Buildings designed with careful attention to aesthetics arouse and enlighten their occupants and that promotes their good health.
Robert Evans

I have always fought for ideas - until I learned that it isn't ideas but grief, struggle, and flashes of vision which enlighten.
Margaret Anderson

The words that enlighten the soul are more precious than jewels.
Hazrat Inayat Khan

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Enlighten Translations

enlighten in Dutch is illumineren, verlichten
enlighten in German is erleuchten
enlighten in Norwegian is opplyse
enlighten in Spanish is iluminar
enlighten in Swedish is upplysa

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