(idiomatic) Illuminate to the understanding; make intelligible; clarify or explain (something unknown).

(idiomatic) Alternative form of look down on

(obsolete) At speed; moving rapidly.

An ancient market town, now a London borough of Greater London officially called the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames.

Archaic form of on the whole.

(Islam) an honorific phrase used by Muslims after any mention in speech or print of holy persons / (Judaism) an honorific phrase used by some Jews after mentioning the deceased in speech or print

(printing, dated) To use or require a greater number of some particular letters or symbols than the regular proportion, as, for example, when making an index.

present participle of take it upon oneself

simple past tense of take it upon oneself

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of take upon oneself