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Webster 1913 Edition


Enlight

En-light′

,
Verb.
T.
[Pref.
en-
+
light
. Cf.
Enlighten
.]
To illumine; to enlighten.
[R.]
Which from the first has shone on ages past,
Enlights
the present, and shall warm the last.
Pope.

Webster 1828 Edition


Enlight

ENLI'GHT

,
Verb.
T.
enli'te. To illuminate; to enlighten.
[See Enlighten. Enlight is rarely used.]

Definition 2024


enlight

enlight

English

Verb

enlight (third-person singular simple present enlights, present participle enlighting, simple past and past participle enlighted or enlit)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To illuminate.
    • Alexander Pope
      Which from the first has shone on ages past,
      Enlights the present, and shall warm the last.

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