deluminate

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verb

To extinguish a light; to darken.

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Meanings

verbdeluminate (third-person singular simple present deluminates, present participle deluminating, simple past and past participle deluminated)

present singular third person deluminates · participle present deluminating · participle past deluminated · past deluminated

  1. To extinguish a light; to darken.

    He watches the flickering black lights, as they deluminate, the world around him.

    2008, Michael Stapp, Gravedust & Grace, page 52
    3 more examples

    A modification of the above has a stopcock at the base for controlling the flow of gas into the burner, simultaneously admitting the proper proportion of air to deluminate the flame.

    1902, Frank Julian, A Text-book of Quantitative Chemical Analysis

    The smoky deluminated lounge was a sunken scatter of driftwood booths and castaway tables.

    1998, Writers Forum - Issues 24-26, page 52

    But I still would like to deluminate rooms and let only the light from the daffodil shine,

    2016, Andrey Astakhov, Tamerlis

Origin

From de- + luminate.

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Chicago

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