ILLUMINATE

light, illume, illumine, light up, illuminate

(verb) make lighter or brighter; “This lamp lightens the room a bit”

clear, clear up, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out, sort out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidate

(verb) make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear; “Could you clarify these remarks?”; “Clear up the question of who is at fault”

illuminate

(verb) add embellishments and paintings to (medieval manuscripts)

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

illuminate (third-person singular simple present illuminates, present participle illuminating, simple past and past participle illuminated)

(transitive) To shine light on something.

(transitive) To decorate something with lights.

(transitive, figurative) To clarify or make something understandable.

(transitive) To decorate the page of a manuscript book with ornamental designs.

(transitive, figurative) To make spectacular.

(intransitive) To glow; to light up.

(intransitive) To be exposed to light.

(transitive, military) To direct a radar beam toward.

Synonyms

• (shine light on something): belight, enlighten, illumine; See also illuminate

• (decorate something with lights): See also decorate

• (make something understandable): bring home, clarify, elucidate, explicitize, sort out, straighten out

• (decorate the page of a manuscript book): illustrate, quill; See also decorate

• (to glow; to light up): gleam, illumine, shine; See also shine

Noun

illuminate (plural illuminates)

Someone thought to have an unusual degree of enlightenment.

Adjective

illuminate (comparative more illuminate, superlative most illuminate)

(obsolete) enlightened

Source: Wiktionary

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Il*lu"mi*nate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Illuminated; p. pr. & vb. n. Illuminating.] Etym: [L. illuminatus, p.p. of illuminare; pref. il- in + luminare to enlighten, fr. lumen light. See Luminous, and cf. Illume, Illumine, Enlimn, Limn.]

1. To make light; to throw light on; to supply with light, literally or figuratively; to brighten.

2. To light up; to decorate with artificial lights, as a building or city, in token of rejoicing or respect.

3. To adorn, as a book or page with borders, initial letters, or miniature pictures in colors and gold, as was done in manuscripts of the Middle Ages.

4. To make plain or clear; to dispel the obscurity to by knowledge or reason; to explain; to elucidate; as, to illuminate a text, a problem, or a duty.

Il*lu"mi*nate, v. i.

Definition: To light up in token or rejoicing.

Il*lu"mi*nate, a. Etym: [L. illuminatus, p.p.]

Definition: Enlightened. Bp. Hall.

Il*lu"mi*nate, n.

Definition: One who enlightened; esp., a pretender to extraordinary light and knowledge.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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