Both Uses of
enlighten
in
The Age of Innocence
- He meant her (thanks to his enlightening companionship) to develop a social tact and readiness of wit enabling her to hold her own with the most popular married women of the "younger set," in which it was the recognised custom to attract masculine homage while playfully discouraging it.†
Chpt 1
- A longing to enlighten her was strong in him; and there were moments when he imagined that all she asked was to be enlightened.†
Chpt 15 *
Definition:
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(enlighten) provide better understanding or make clear -- often in a spiritual sense