lumine

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈluːmɪn/

Verb

lumine (third-person singular simple present lumines, present participle lumining, simple past and past participle lumined)

1. (obsolete) To illuminate.
   • 16th century, Edmund Spenser, An Hymne Of Heavenly Love

     Compar'd to that celestiall beauties blaze,
     Whose glorious beames all fleshly sense doth daze
     With admiration of their passing light,
     Blinding the eyes, and lumining the spright

   • 1944, The Lamp, volumes 26-30, page 53:

     When canned foods pall, a rifle is a handy bolsterer of the meat supply in this land of wild game; when, in the lonely night, the two geologists have talked through every subject in their ken, a book lumined by a gasoline lamp is a real diversion.

References

• “lumine”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Nimule, unlime

Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlu.mi.ne/

Noun

lumine (plural lumines)

1. light

Latin

Noun

lūmine

1. ablative singular of lūmen