Definition of illuminate

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Illuminate (v. t.) 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..

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Enlightener :: Enlightener (n.) One who enlightens or illuminates; one who, or that which, communicates light to the eye, or clear views to the mind..
Illuminate :: Illuminate (a.) Enlightened.
Illumination :: Illumination (v. t.) That which is illuminated, as a house; also, an ornamented book or manuscript..
Illuminator :: Illuminator (n.) One whose occupation is to adorn books, especially manuscripts, with miniatures, borders, etc. See Illuminate, v. t., 3..
Illuminate :: Illuminate (v. i.) To light up in token or rejoicing.
Rayless :: Rayless (a.) Destitute of rays; hence, dark; not illuminated; blind; as, a rayless sky; rayless eyes..
Lighten :: Lighten (v. t.) To illuminate with knowledge; to enlighten.
Gloomy :: Gloomy (superl.) Imperfectly illuminated; dismal through obscurity or darkness; dusky; dim; clouded; as, the cavern was gloomy..
Full-orbed :: Full-orbed (a.) Having the orb or disk complete or fully illuminated; like the full moon.
Illuminate :: Illuminate (v. t.) To light up; to decorate with artificial lights, as a building or city, in token of rejoicing or respect..
Enlighten :: Enlighten (v. t.) To supply with light; to illuminate; as, the sun enlightens the earth..
Reilluminate :: Reilluminate (v. t.) To enlighten again; to reillumine.
Illuminable :: Illuminable (a.) Capable of being illuminated.
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..
Half-moon :: Half-moon (n.) The moon at the quarters, when half its disk appears illuminated..
Relumine :: Relumine (v. t.) To illuminate again.
Reflex :: Reflex (n.) Reflection; the light reflected from an illuminated surface to one in shade.
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
Radiate :: Radiate (v. t.) To enlighten; to illuminate; to shed light or brightness on; to irradiate.
Terminator :: Terminator (n.) The dividing line between the illuminated and the unilluminated part of the moon.
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