illumine和illuminate的区别

illumine VERB [TRANSITIVE] LITERARY = illuminate

唯一区别,前者用于文学作品。

macmillan, oxford,merrian-webster三本字典里都有illumine 这个词。

Examples of illumine

<small table lamps illumine the inn's dining room in a most romantic way>

<readers of great literature are both entertained and illumined>