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Gives information to a number in broken English (10)

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I believe the answer is:

enlightens

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'gives' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to thinking as well as being verbs in their -s form.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

'information to a number in broken english' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'information' could be 'i' (common abbreviation for information) and 'i' is located in the answer.
'number' could be 'l' (L is an example) and 'l' is found within the answer.
'english' could be 'eng' (abbreviation) and 'eng' is found in the remaining letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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