Synonyms for illume
ɪˈlumil·lume

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1. light, illume, illumine, light up, illuminateverb

   make lighter or brighter

   "This lamp lightens the room a bit"

   Synonyms:
   brighten, fire up, enlighten, get down, crystalize, clear up, ignite, shed light on, illumine, illuminate, dismount, perch, sort out, clear, get off, elucidate, alight, crystallise, light up, straighten out, fall, light, crystallize, unhorse, crystalise

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1. • Lighten

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1. illumeverb

   Synonyms:
   [Poetical.] illuminate

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1. Emily Dickinson:

   The abdication of belief makes the behavior small -- better an ignis fatuus than no illume at all.