"verlichten" meaning in Dutch

See verlichten in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /vərˈlɪx.tə(n)/ Audio: Nl-verlichten.ogg
Rhymes: -ɪxtən Etymology: From Middle Dutch verlichten, verluchten. By surface analysis, licht + ver- -en. Doublet of verluchten. Etymology templates: {{inh|nl|dum|verlichten}} Middle Dutch verlichten, {{surf|nl|licht|ver- -en}} By surface analysis, licht + ver- -en, {{doublet|nl|verluchten}} Doublet of verluchten Head templates: {{nl-verb}} verlichten Inflection templates: {{nl-conj-wk|licht|pref=ver}} Forms: weak [table-tags], verlichten [infinitive], verlichten [gerund, neuter], verlicht [first-person, present, singular], verlichtte [first-person, past, singular], verlicht [present, second-person, singular], verlichtte [past, second-person, singular], verlicht [formal, present, second-person, singular], verlichtte [formal, past, second-person, singular], verlicht [Flanders, colloquial, present, second-person, singular], verlicht [archaic, formal, majestic, present, second-person, singular], verlichtte [Flanders, colloquial, past, second-person, singular], verlichtte [archaic, formal, majestic, past, second-person, singular], verlicht [present, singular, third-person], verlichtte [past, singular, third-person], verlichten [plural, present], verlichtten [past, plural], verlichte [archaic, present, singular, subjunctive], verlichtte [archaic, past, singular, subjunctive], verlichten [archaic, plural, present, subjunctive], verlichtten [archaic, past, plural, subjunctive], verlicht [imperative, present, singular], verlicht [archaic, imperative, plural, present], verlichtend [participle, present], verlicht [participle, past]
  1. (transitive) to lighten, alleviate (make less heavy) Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-verlichten-nl-verb-Y1BO8red Categories (other): Dutch prefixed verbs with ver- Disambiguation of Dutch prefixed verbs with ver-: 45 55
  2. (transitive) to enlighten, illuminate, brighten (make brighter) Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-verlichten-nl-verb-zAQBl6w9 Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Dutch prefixed verbs with ver-, Dutch terms circumfixed with ver- -en, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 27 73 Disambiguation of Dutch prefixed verbs with ver-: 45 55 Disambiguation of Dutch terms circumfixed with ver- -en: 43 57 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 77 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: verlichting

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive) to enlighten, illuminate, brighten (make brighter)"
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