Question

1922, James Joyce, Ulysses Episode 12, The Cyclops:

The deafening claps of thunder and the dazzling flashes of lightning which lit up the ghastly scene testified that the artillery of heaven had lent its supernatural pomp to the already gruesome spectacle.

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(transitivehttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive) To illuminatehttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/illuminate, to bring lighthttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/light to something, to brightenhttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/brighten.

Sentence	1922, James Joyce, Ulysses Episode 12, The Cyclops: The deafening claps of thunder and the dazzling flashes of lightning which lit up the ghastly scene testified that the artillery of heaven had lent its supernatural pomp to the already gruesome spectacle.
Definition	( transitive https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive ) To illuminate https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/illuminate , to bring light https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/light to something, to brighten https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/brighten .

James Joyce Ulysses Episode Cyclops Deafening Claps Thunder