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ILLUMINATED
illuminated, lighted, lit, well-lighted
(adjective) provided with artificial light; “illuminated advertising”; “looked up at the lighted windows”; “a brightly lit room”; “a well-lighted stairwell”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
illuminated (comparative more illuminated, superlative most illuminated)
irradiated by light, lit
(of a manuscript) decorated and illustrated.
Synonyms
• (brightly illuminated): lighted, lit up; see also illuminated
• (decorated and illustrated)
Verb
illuminated
simple past tense and past participle of illuminate
Source: Wiktionary
ILLUMINATE
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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ROOTS
(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”
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