Why this word is great
ENLUMINE — [Verb] To illumine or light up, especially in a way that reveals or beautifies. From Old French *enluminer*, from the Latin *in-* ("in") and *luminare* ("to light up"). Unlike "illuminate," which implies a broader, clarifying radiance, or "adorn," which suggests mere decorative embellishment, to enlumine is the precise, alchemical act of making light tangible. It is the monk’s brush depositing crushed lapis lazuli into a sacred capital, the first morning ray igniting a gilded manuscript’s edge, or the way a kind glance can, for a moment, make a face glow from within—a brief, arresting grace where light arrives and transforms.