different between illure vs illume

English

Etymology

From il- +? lure.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??l??(?)/

Verb

illure (third-person singular simple present illures, present participle illuring, simple past and past participle illured)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To deceive; to entice; to lure.
   • 1642, Thomas Fuller, The Holy State and the Profane State

     The devil ensnareth the souls of many men, by illuring them with the muck and dung of this world.

English

Verb

illume (third-person singular simple present illumes, present participle illuming, simple past and past participle illumed)

1. (archaic) To throw or spread light upon; to make light or bright.

   Synonyms: illuminate, illumine

   • 1819, Samuel Mcpherson Janney, The last of the Lenapé, and Other Poems - Electricity:

     How dread the thunder's peal that rolls above !

     How bright the flashes that illume the sky !

   • 1915, Alfred Emanuel Smith, New Outlook (vol. 109):

     At night there is no light in this building, but searchlights from distant points illume the splendid dome and the colonnades.

Derived terms

• unillumed