Meanings
present singular third person inlights · participle present inlighting · participle past inlighted · past inlighted
- intransitiveTo shine.
- transitiveTo give light to; enlighten.
[…] am not what I would wish to be a good Christian but I pray to God to inlight my mind and make me what I should be.
1972, Atlanta Historical Society, Atlanta historical bulletin1 more example
[…] our cooperative segmentation method is not significantly longer than -edge or -region segmentation separately while explaining the three principles in more details in the following of this paper, we will inlight this major point.
1993, Andrew G. Tescher, Applications of digital image processing XV, Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*leuk-“to shine”
- Proto-Germanic*inliuhtijaną“to lighten, illuminate”
- Old Englishinlīhtan
- Middle Englishinlighten
- Englishinlight
From Middle English inlighten, from Old English inlīhtan, inlȳhtan, inlēohtan (“to enlighten, light up”), from Proto-Germanic *inliuhtijaną (“to lighten, illuminate”), from Proto-Indo-European *leuk- (“to shine”), equivalent to in- + light. Cognate with Dutch inlichten (“to enlighten, inform”), Old High German inliuhten (“to enlighten, illuminate”), Gothic 𐌹𐌽𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌷𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (inliuhtjan, “to enlighten, illuminate”). Compare also Middle English anlīhten, from Old English onlȳhtan (id.). More at in-, light.
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