| VERB | communication | enlighten, edify | make understand |
|---|---|---|---|
| communication | enlighten, irradiate | give spiritual insight to | |
| cognition | enlighten, clear, clear up, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out, sort out, illuminate, elucidate | make free from confusion / confusion or ambiguity |
| Sounds | ehnlay'tahn | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | make understand. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Model | The performance is likely to enlighten Sue | |
| Example | "Can you enlighten me--I don't understand this proposal" | |
| Synonym | edify | |
| Broader | teach, learn, instruct | Impart skills or knowledge to |
| Spanish | aclarar, explicar, iluminar, ilustrar | |
| Catalan | aclarir, il·lustrar | |
| Nouns | enlightenment | education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge |
| Meaning | Give spiritual insight to; in religion. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonym | irradiate | |
| Broader | prophesy, vaticinate | predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration |
| Meaning | make free from confusion / confusion or ambiguity; make clear. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | clear, clear up, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out, sort out, illuminate, elucidate | |
| Broader | clarify, clear up, elucidate | make clear and (more) comprehensible |
| Spanish | aclarar, clarificar, cristalizar, dilucidar, esclarecer, explicar | |
| Catalan | dilucidar, esclarir | |
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