ILLUMINATING
enlightening, informative, illuminating
(adjective) tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance; “an enlightening glimpse of government in action”; “an illuminating lecture”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
illuminating (comparative more illuminating, superlative most illuminating)
Providing illumination or light.
(figuratively) Providing clarification or explanation; educational, revealing.
Synonyms
• clarifying
• explanatory
• revelatory
Verb
illuminating
present participle of illuminate.
Source: Wiktionary
Il*lu"mi*na`ting, a.
Definition: Giving or producing light; used for illumination. Illuminating gas. See Gas, n., 2 (a).
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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