Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to illume
Participle: illumed
Gerund: illuming
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | illume |
| you | illume |
| he;she;it | illumes |
| we | illume |
| you | illume |
| they | illume |
Perfect
| I | have illumed |
| you | have illumed |
| he;she;it | has illumed |
| we | have illumed |
| you | have illumed |
| they | have illumed |
Past
| I | illumed |
| you | illumed |
| he;she;it | illumed |
| we | illumed |
| you | illumed |
| they | illumed |
Pluperfect
| I | had illumed |
| you | had illumed |
| he;she;it | had illumed |
| we | had illumed |
| you | had illumed |
| they | had illumed |
Future
| I | will illume |
| you | will illume |
| he;she;it | will illume |
| we | will illume |
| you | will illume |
| they | will illume |
Future Perfect
| I | will have illumed |
| you | will have illumed |
| he;she;it | will have illumed |
| we | will have illumed |
| you | will have illumed |
| they | will have illumed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | illume |
| you | illume |
| he;she;it | illume |
| we | illume |
| you | illume |
| they | illume |
Perfect
| I | have illumed |
| you | have illumed |
| he;she;it | have illumed |
| we | have illumed |
| you | have illumed |
| they | have illumed |
Imperfect
| I | illumed |
| you | illumed |
| he;she;it | illumed |
| we | illumed |
| you | illumed |
| they | illumed |
Pluperfect
| I | had illumed |
| you | had illumed |
| he;she;it | had illumed |
| we | had illumed |
| you | had illumed |
| they | had illumed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would illume |
| you | would illume |
| he;she;it | would illume |
| we | would illume |
| you | would illume |
| they | would illume |
Perfect
| I | would have illumed |
| you | would have illumed |
| he;she;it | would have illumed |
| we | would have illumed |
| you | would have illumed |
| they | would have illumed |
Imperative
| you | illume |
| we | Let's illume |
| you | illume |
Verbs conjugated like 'illume'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'illume'
illude,
illure,
allude,
allure,
ill-use,
illumine,
inhume,
insume,
plume,
reillume,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to supply with light
- belight, beshine, enlighten, illuminate, illumine, illustrate, irradiate, light, light up, lighten, shed light on
- light
- lighten, illumine, illuminate
Antonyms
- light
- darkness, blackness, death, confusion
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Clipping of illumine.
Sample Sentences
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Laſt night of all, / When yond ſame Starre that's Weſtward from the Pole / Had made his courſe t’illume that part of Heauen / Where now it burnes, / Marcellus and my ſelfe, / The Bell then beating one. [c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], page 152:]
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How dread the thunder's peal that rolls above !
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How bright the flashes that illume the sky ! [1819, Samuel Mcpherson Janney, “The last of the Lenapé, and Other Poems”, in Electricity:]
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Brighter the sun illumed the suburbs, more / Ugly and absolute that shade's reproof […] [1840 March, Robert Browning, “Book the Third”, in Sordello, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 123:]
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At night there is no light in this building, but searchlights from distant points illume the splendid dome and the colonnades. [1915, Alfred Emanuel Smith, New Outlook, volume 109:]