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Reflex :: Reflex (n.) Reflection; the light reflected from an illuminated surface to one in shade.

Illuminator :: Illuminator (n.) One whose occupation is to adorn books, especially manuscripts, with miniatures, borders, etc. See Illuminate, v. t., 3..

Lighten :: Lighten (v. t.) To make light or clear; to light; to illuminate; as, to lighten an apartment with lamps or gas; to lighten the streets..

Fire :: Fire (v. t.) To light up as if by fire; to illuminate.

Illuminable :: Illuminable (a.) Capable of being illuminated.

Illumination :: Illumination (v. t.) That which is illuminated, as a house; also, an ornamented book or manuscript..

Limner :: Limner (n.) One who illuminates books.

Relumine :: Relumine (v. t.) To illuminate again.

Shade :: Shade (n.) The darker portion of a picture; a less illuminated part. See Def. 1, above..

Lighten :: Lighten (v. t.) To illuminate with knowledge; to enlighten.

Light :: Light (n.) The manner in which the light strikes upon a picture; that part of a picture which represents those objects upon which the light is supposed to fall; the more illuminated part of a landscape or other scene; -- opposed to shade. Cf. Chiaroscuro.

Illuminative :: Illuminative (a.) Tending to illuminate or illustrate; throwing light; illustrative.

Illuminated :: Illuminated (imp. & p. p.) of Illuminat.

Rayless :: Rayless (a.) Destitute of rays; hence, dark; not illuminated; blind; as, a rayless sky; rayless eyes..

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..

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..

Illumination :: Illumination (v. t.) That which illuminates or gives light; brightness; splendor; especially, intellectual light or knowledge..

Light :: Light (v. i.) To be illuminated; to receive light; to brighten; -- with up; as, the room lights up very well..

Full :: Full (v. i.) To become full or wholly illuminated; as, the moon fulls at midnight..

Wane :: Wane (v. i.) To be diminished; to decrease; -- contrasted with wax, and especially applied to the illuminated part of the moon..

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