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Definition: ILLUMING

Part of Speech Definition
Verb 1. Seldom used present participle conjugation of the verb illume.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(illume)
1. Make lighter or brighter.[Wordnet].
2. To throw or spread light upon; to make light or bright; to illuminate; to illumine.[Websters].
3. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: illuming, illumed, illumes, illumer, illumers, illumingly and illumedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

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Date "Illuming" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1842. (references)

Definition: ILLUMING

Part of SpeechDefinition
Verb1. Seldom used present participle conjugation of the verb illume.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(illume)
1. Make lighter or brighter.[Wordnet].
2. To throw or spread light upon; to make light or bright; to illuminate; to illumine.[Websters].
3. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: illuming, illumed, illumes, illumer, illumers, illumingly and illumedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008.

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Date "ILLUMING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1842. (references)