Verb: enlighten en'lI-t(u)n
- Provide knowledge or understanding that improves or uplifts someone
"She was enlighten by the wise counsel";
- edify
- Make clear or more understandable; remove confusion or ambiguity
"Let me enlighten you about what really happened";
- clear, clear up, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise [Brit], crystalize [US, rare], straighten out, sort out, illuminate, elucidate
- Give spiritual insight to; in religion
"The guru enlightened his disciples";
- irradiate
Derived forms: enlightening, enlightened, enlightens
Type of: clarify, clear up, elucidate, instruct, learn [archaic], prophesy, teach, vaticinate
Encyclopedia: Enlighten