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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..

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

Reilluminate :: Reilluminate (v. t.) To enlighten again; to reillumine.

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

Eclipse :: Eclipse (n.) An interception or obscuration of the light of the sun, moon, or other luminous body, by the intervention of some other body, either between it and the eye, or between the luminous body and that illuminated by it. A lunar eclipse is caused by the moon passing through the earth's shadow; a solar eclipse, by the moon coming between the sun and the observer. A satellite is eclipsed by entering the shadow of its primary. The obscuration of a planet or star by the moon or a planet, thoug

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

Enlightener :: Enlightener (n.) One who enlightens or illuminates; one who, or that which, communicates light to the eye, or clear views to the mind..

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

Irradiate :: Irradiate (v. t.) To throw rays of light upon; to illuminate; to brighten; to adorn with luster.

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

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

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..

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

Illuminate :: Illuminate (a.) Enlightened.

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

Illuminant :: Illuminant (n.) That which illuminates or affords light; as, gas and petroleum are illuminants..

Penumbrala :: Penumbrala () Of or pertaining to a penumbra; resembling a penumbra; partially illuminated.

Twilight :: Twilight (a.) Imperfectly illuminated; shaded; obscure.

Light :: Light (n.) To give light to; to illuminate; to fill with light; to spread over with light; -- often with up.

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