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What does enlighten mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word enlighten? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive) To supply with light; to illuminate
  2. (transitive) To make clear to someone; to give knowledge to
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The theatre is also reviving three short plays in the hope that it will help enlighten people about narrow mindsets, prejudice, parochialism etc.
There are early monuments of vernacular literature from the Middle Ages, as well, that enlighten the study of medieval Europe as a whole.
If she had not already met my mother at parent teacher conferences, I was not going to enlighten her.
The authors have carefully negotiated a narrative designed to enlighten a student and non-specialist readership.
So feel free to enlighten me if you can provide any authoritative information.
Besides, I had felt awkward and uncoordinated in those other classes, and I hope this workshop will enlighten both my mind and body.

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