Definition of illuminate

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Illuminate (v. t.) To make light; to throw light on; to supply with light, literally or figuratively; to brighten..

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Illuminated :: Illuminated (imp. & p. p.) of Illuminat.
Clarify :: Clarify (v. t.) To make clear; to free from obscurities; to brighten or illuminate.
Irradiate :: Irradiate (v. t.) To throw rays of light upon; to illuminate; to brighten; to adorn with luster.
Illumination :: Illumination (v. t.) That which is illuminated, as a house; also, an ornamented book or manuscript..
Reilluminate :: Reilluminate (v. t.) To enlighten again; to reillumine.
Illuminate :: Illuminate (v. i.) To light up in token or rejoicing.
Shade :: Shade (n.) The darker portion of a picture; a less illuminated part. See Def. 1, above..
Illuminate :: Illuminate (v. t.) To make light; to throw light on; to supply with light, literally or figuratively; to brighten..
Illumination :: Illumination (n.) The act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated..
Fire :: Fire (v. t.) To light up as if by fire; to illuminate.
Light :: Light (v. i.) To be illuminated; to receive light; to brighten; -- with up; as, the room lights up very well..
Illuminate :: 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..
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..
Enlightener :: Enlightener (n.) One who enlightens or illuminates; one who, or that which, communicates light to the eye, or clear views to the mind..
Gloomy :: Gloomy (superl.) Imperfectly illuminated; dismal through obscurity or darkness; dusky; dim; clouded; as, the cavern was gloomy..
Illumination :: Illumination (v. t.) That which illuminates or gives light; brightness; splendor; especially, intellectual light or knowledge..
Full :: Full (v. i.) To become full or wholly illuminated; as, the moon fulls at midnight..
Lighty :: Lighty (a.) Illuminated.
Wane :: Wane (v. i.) To be diminished; to decrease; -- contrasted with wax, and especially applied to the illuminated part of the moon..
Illuminable :: Illuminable (a.) Capable of being illuminated.
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