| slovo | definícia |
enlighten
(mass) | enlighten
- vysvetliť, informovať |
enlighten
(encz) | enlighten,informovat v: Pavel Machek; Giza |
enlighten
(encz) | enlighten,objasnit v: |
enlighten
(encz) | enlighten,osvítit v: Zdeněk Brož |
enlighten
(encz) | enlighten,poučit v: Zdeněk Brož |
enlighten
(encz) | enlighten,vysvětlit v: |
Enlighten
(gcide) | Enlighten \En*light"en\, v. t. [Pref. en- + lighten: cf. AS.
inl[imac]htan. Cf. Enlight.]
1. To supply with light; to illuminate; as, the sun
enlightens the earth.
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His lightnings enlightened the world. --Ps. xcvii.
4.
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2. 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.
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The conscience enlightened by the Word and Spirit of
God. --Trench.
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enlighten
(wn) | enlighten
v 1: make understand; "Can you enlighten me--I don't understand
this proposal" [syn: enlighten, edify]
2: give spiritual insight to; in religion [syn: enlighten,
irradiate]
3: make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear; "Could you
clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at
fault" [syn: clear, clear up, shed light on,
crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise,
straighten out, sort out, enlighten, illuminate,
elucidate] |
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enlightenment
(mass) | enlightenment
- poučenie |
enlightened
(encz) | enlightened,osvícený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
enlightening
(encz) | enlightening,poučný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
enlightenment
(encz) | enlightenment,osvěta n: webenlightenment,osvícení n: Zdeněk Broženlightenment,poučení n: parkmaj |
unenlightened
(encz) | unenlightened,neinformovaný adj: Zdeněk Brožunenlightened,neosvícený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
unenlightening
(encz) | unenlightening, |
unenlightenment
(encz) | unenlightenment, n: |
Enlighten
(gcide) | Enlighten \En*light"en\, v. t. [Pref. en- + lighten: cf. AS.
inl[imac]htan. Cf. Enlight.]
1. To supply with light; to illuminate; as, the sun
enlightens the earth.
[1913 Webster]
His lightnings enlightened the world. --Ps. xcvii.
4.
[1913 Webster]
2. 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.
[1913 Webster]
The conscience enlightened by the Word and Spirit of
God. --Trench.
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Enlightener
(gcide) | Enlightener \En*light"en*er\, n.
One who enlightens or illuminates; one who, or that which,
communicates light to the eye, or clear views to the mind.
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enlightening
(gcide) | enlightening \enlightening\ adj.
1. enlightening so as to encourage intellectual or moral
improvement.
Syn: edifying.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance; as,
an enlightening glimpse of government in action.
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Enlightenment
(gcide) | Enlightenment \En*light"en*ment\, n.
1. Act of enlightening, or the state of being enlightened or
instructed.
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2. same as Aufkl[aum]rung.
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Unenlightened
(gcide) | Unenlightened \Unenlightened\
See enlightened. |
enlightened
(wn) | enlightened
adj 1: having knowledge and spiritual insight [ant:
unenlightened]
2: characterized by full comprehension of the problem involved;
"an educated guess"; "an enlightened electorate" [syn:
educated, enlightened]
n 1: people who have been introduced to the mysteries of some
field or activity; "it is very familiar to the initiate"
[syn: initiate, enlightened] [ant: uninitiate] |
enlightening
(wn) | enlightening
adj 1: tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance; "an
enlightening glimpse of government in action"; "an
illuminating lecture" [syn: enlightening,
informative, illuminating] [ant: unenlightening,
unilluminating]
2: enlightening or uplifting so as to encourage intellectual or
moral improvement; "the paintings in the church served an
edifying purpose even for those who could not read" [syn:
edifying, enlightening] [ant: unedifying,
unenlightening] |
enlightenment
(wn) | enlightenment
n 1: education that results in understanding and the spread of
knowledge [ant: unenlightenment]
2: (Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the
cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of
desire and suffering and individual consciousness [syn:
nirvana, enlightenment]
3: a movement in Europe from about 1650 until 1800 that
advocated the use of reason and individualism instead of
tradition and established doctrine; "the Enlightenment
brought about many humanitarian reforms" [syn:
Enlightenment, Age of Reason] |
unenlightened
(wn) | unenlightened
adj 1: not enlightened; ignorant; "the devices by which
unenlightened men preserved the unjust social order"
[ant: enlightened]
2: lacking information or instruction; "lamentably unenlightened
as to the laws" [syn: uninstructed, unenlightened,
naive] |
unenlightening
(wn) | unenlightening
adj 1: failing to inform or clarify; "an unenlightening comment"
[syn: unenlightening, unilluminating] [ant:
enlightening, illuminating, informative]
2: not edifying [syn: unedifying, unenlightening] [ant:
edifying, enlightening] |
unenlightenment
(wn) | unenlightenment
n 1: a lack of understanding [ant: enlightenment] |
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