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Definition of "illume" [il•lume]

  • To illuminate. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "illume" in a sentence
  • "Now, the only illume from the yellow eyes of alligators, the ghost wane of gases and thereafter, the last sounds of Pierrots echoed throughout the valleys."
  • "As Emily Dickinson once wrote, “Better an Ignius Fatuus than no illume at all”!"
  • "In service weapons that generate 45-60 ftlb of recoil are pump shotguns M870 or M500 w/the tactical slug or buckshot rds, M203 40mm grenade launchers especially when shooting illume rounds, and M82 or M107 .50 cal SASR."