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просвети́ть — meaning in English

prosvetit

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English meaning

  • enlighten verb To give someone knowledge or understanding about something they didn't previously grasp.
  • illuminate verb To light up or shine light onto something.

Senses

просвети́ть is used for these senses in English:

  • X-ray (transitive, informal) To take a radiograph of; to obtain an image of using X-ray radiation, especially for the purpose of medical diagnostic evaluation.
  • enlighten (transitive, figurative) To make something clear to (someone); to give knowledge or understanding to.
  • illuminate (transitive, figurative) To clarify or make something understandable.

illuminate — full definition

  1. verb To light up or shine light onto something.
  2. verb To make something clearer or easier to understand.

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