Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
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
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
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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