noun
- People who have been introduced to the mysteries of some field or activity.
- usage: "it is very familiar to the initiate"
- synonyms: initiate
verb
- Make understand.
- usage: "Can you enlighten me-I don't understand this proposal"
- Give spiritual insight to; in religion.
- Make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear.
- usage: "Could you clarify these remarks"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault"
- synonyms: clear, clear up, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out, sort out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidate
adjective
- Having knowledge and spiritual insight.
- Characterized by full comprehension of the problem involved.
- usage: "an educated guess"; "an enlightened electorate"
- synonyms: educated
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