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Lighten :: Lighten (v. t.) To cheer; to exhilarate.

Lightning :: Lightning (vb. n.) Lightening.

Light :: Light (n.) That which illumines or makes clear to the mind; mental or spiritual illumination; enlightenment; knowledge; information.

Luminous :: Luminous (a.) Enlightened; intelligent; also, clear; intelligible; as, a luminous mind..

Alegge :: Alegge (v. t.) To allay or alleviate; to lighten.

Illighten :: Illighten (v. t.) To enlighten.

Enlighten :: Enlighten (v. t.) To supply with light; to illuminate; as, the sun enlightens the earth..

Lighten :: Lighten (v. t.) To illuminate with knowledge; to enlighten.

Phase :: Phase (n.) A particular appearance or state in a regularly recurring cycle of changes with respect to quantity of illumination or form of enlightened disk; as, the phases of the moon or planets. See Illust. under Moon..

Foulder :: Foulder (v. i.) To flash, as lightning; to lighten; to gleam; to thunder..

Analogy :: Analogy (n.) A resemblance of relations; an agreement or likeness between things in some circumstances or effects, when the things are otherwise entirely different. Thus, learning enlightens the mind, because it is to the mind what light is to the eye, enabling it to discover things before hidden..

Enlighten :: Enlighten (v. t.) To make clear to the intellect or conscience; to shed the light of truth and knowledge upon; to furnish with increase of knowledge; to instruct; as, to enlighten the mind or understanding..

Luminary :: Luminary (n.) One who illustrates any subject, or enlightens mankind; as, Newton was a distinguished luminary..

Allege :: Allege (v. t.) To alleviate; to lighten, as a burden or a trouble..

Irradiate :: Irradiate (v. t.) To enlighten intellectually; to illuminate; as, to irradiate the mind..

Lamp :: Lamp (n.) Figuratively, anything which enlightens intellectually or morally; anything regarded metaphorically a performing the uses of a lamp..

Wise :: Wise (v.) Having knowledge; knowing; enlightened; of extensive information; erudite; learned.

Buddhism :: Buddhism (n.) The religion based upon the doctrine originally taught by the Hindoo sage Gautama Siddartha, surnamed Buddha, the awakened or enlightened, in the sixth century b. c., and adopted as a religion by the greater part of the inhabitants of Central and Eastern Asia and the Indian Islands. Buddha's teaching is believed to have been atheistic; yet it was characterized by elevated humanity and morality. It presents release from existence (a beatific enfranchisement, Nirvana) as the greatest

Fulguration :: Fulguration (n.) The act of lightening.

Reillumination :: Reillumination (n.) The act or process of enlightening again.

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