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Meaning of enlighten

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  enlighten
      v 1: make understand; "Can you enlighten me--I don't understand
           this proposal" [syn: {enlighten}, {edify}]
      2: give spiritual insight to; in religion [syn: {enlighten},
         {irradiate}]
      3: make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear; "Could you
         clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at
         fault" [syn: {clear}, {clear up}, {shed light on},
         {crystallize}, {crystallise}, {crystalize}, {crystalise},
         {straighten out}, {sort out}, {enlighten}, {illuminate},
         {elucidate}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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