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

Light :: Light (v. t.) To lighten; to ease of a burden; to take off.

Legge :: Legge (v. t.) To lighten; to allay.

Reilluminate :: Reilluminate (v. t.) To enlighten again; to reillumine.

Fulgurant :: Fulgurant (a.) Lightening.

Inform :: Inform (v. t.) To communicate knowledge to; to make known to; to acquaint; to advise; to instruct; to tell; to notify; to enlighten; -- usually followed by of.

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..

Lighten :: Lighten (v. t.) To emit or disclose in, or as in, lightning; to flash out, like lightning..

Lighten :: Lighten (v. i.) To grow lighter; to become less dark or lowering; to brighten; to clear, as the sky..

Lighten :: Lighten (v. i.) To descend; to light.

Enlightener :: Enlightener (n.) One who enlightens or illuminates; one who, or that which, communicates light to the eye, or clear views to the mind..

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

Heathen :: Heathen (a.) Barbarous; unenlightened; heathenish.

Lighten :: Lighten (v. t.) To make light or clear; to light; to illuminate; as, to lighten an apartment with lamps or gas; to lighten the streets..

Lighten :: Lighten (v. t.) To make lighter, or less heavy; to reduce in weight; to relieve of part of a load or burden; as, to lighten a ship by unloading; to lighten a load or burden..

Lighten :: Lighten (v. t.) To make less burdensome or afflictive; to alleviate; as, to lighten the cares of life or the burden of grief..

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

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

Culture :: Culture (n.) The state of being cultivated; result of cultivation; physical improvement; enlightenment and discipline acquired by mental and moral training; civilization; refinement in manners and taste.

Illuminate :: Illuminate (a.) Enlightened.

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