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# enlighten

verb

«enlighten» in the English dictionary: in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## In Jewish tradition

### Meaning

To give someone knowledge or understanding. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/enlighten/#m1)

### Examples

- The various commentaries upon it are more apt to bewilder the student than to enlighten him. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/enlighten/#x1)

### Note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «enlighten» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/enlighten/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«enlighten» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/enlighten.html) on Mova free.