Word: enlighten
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: en
light
en
Definition: To make something clear to (someone); to give knowledge or understanding to.
Morphemes:
Affix: en-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: an intensifier; a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies
Etymology Compounds: Affix: in-
Language: la
Decoded: in-
Meaning: in, into
Affix: light
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To lighten; to ease of a burden; to take off.
Affix: -en
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: When attached to certain adjectives, it forms a transitive verb whose meaning is, to make (adjective). Usually, the verb is ergative, sometimes not. The same construction could also be done to certain (fewer) nouns, as, strengthen, in which case the verb means roughly, "to give (noun) to", or "to become like (noun)".