Cover and Illume

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Cover verb - To serve as a replacement usually for a time only.

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Illume is an antonym for cover.

Nearby Words: covered, covering, coverage, coverlet

Illume verb - To supply with light.

Usage example: during the vigil service the church's Gothic interior was illumed by the light of hundreds of tapers

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Cover is an antonym for illume.

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