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Meaning of enlightening


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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  enlightening
      adj 1: tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance; "an
             enlightening glimpse of government in action"; "an
             illuminating lecture" [syn: {enlightening},
             {informative}, {illuminating}] [ant: {unenlightening},
             {unilluminating}]
      2: enlightening or uplifting so as to encourage intellectual or
         moral improvement; "the paintings in the church served an
         edifying purpose even for those who could not read" [syn:
         {edifying}, {enlightening}] [ant: {unedifying},
         {unenlightening}]


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