освещать

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Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic освѣщати (osvěštati). By surface analysis, освети́ть (osvetítʹ) +‎ -а́ть (-átʹ).

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Verb

освеща́ть (osveščátʹimpf (perfective освети́ть)

  1. to light, to light up, to illuminate
  2. (figuratively) to elucidate, to illustrate, to throw light (upon), to shed light on

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