Definition of illuminate

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Illuminate (v. t.) 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..

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Light :: Light (n.) To give light to; to illuminate; to fill with light; to spread over with light; -- often with up.
Radiate :: Radiate (v. t.) To enlighten; to illuminate; to shed light or brightness on; to irradiate.
Illuminate :: Illuminate (v. i.) To light up in token or rejoicing.
Reflex :: Reflex (n.) Reflection; the light reflected from an illuminated surface to one in shade.
Illume :: Illume (v. t.) To throw or spread light upon; to make light or bright; to illuminate; to illumine.
Illumination :: Illumination (n.) The act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated..
Illuminator :: Illuminator (n.) One whose occupation is to adorn books, especially manuscripts, with miniatures, borders, etc. See Illuminate, v. t., 3..
Half-moon :: Half-moon (n.) The moon at the quarters, when half its disk appears illuminated..
Lighten :: Lighten (v. t.) To illuminate with knowledge; to enlighten.
Photodrome :: Photodrome (n.) An apparatus consisting of a large wheel with spokes, which when turning very rapidly is illuminated by momentary flashes of light passing through slits in a rotating disk. By properly timing the succession of flashes the wheel is made to appear to be motionless, or to rotate more or less slowly in either direction..
Wane :: Wane (n.) The decrease of the illuminated part of the moon to the eye of a spectator.
Enlightener :: Enlightener (n.) One who enlightens or illuminates; one who, or that which, communicates light to the eye, or clear views to the mind..
Twilight :: Twilight (a.) Imperfectly illuminated; shaded; obscure.
Shade :: Shade (n.) The darker portion of a picture; a less illuminated part. See Def. 1, above..
Illumination :: Illumination (v. t.) That which illuminates or gives light; brightness; splendor; especially, intellectual light or knowledge..
Spectrum :: Spectrum (n.) A luminous appearance, or an image seen after the eye has been exposed to an intense light or a strongly illuminated object. When the object is colored, the image appears of the complementary color, as a green image seen after viewing a red wafer lying on white paper. Called also ocular spectrum..
Illuminer :: Illuminer (n.) One who, or that which, illuminates..
Fire :: Fire (v. t.) To light up as if by fire; to illuminate.
Clarify :: Clarify (v. t.) To make clear; to free from obscurities; to brighten or illuminate.
Illumine :: Illumine (v. t.) To illuminate; to light up; to adorn.
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