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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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
Rayless :: Rayless (a.) Destitute of rays; hence, dark; not illuminated; blind; as, a rayless sky; rayless eyes..
Illuminer :: Illuminer (n.) One who, or that which, illuminates..
Enlighten :: Enlighten (v. t.) To supply with light; to illuminate; as, the sun enlightens the earth..
Irradiate :: Irradiate (v. t.) To enlighten intellectually; to illuminate; as, to irradiate the mind..
Illumination :: Illumination (n.) The act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state 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..
Reilluminate :: Reilluminate (v. t.) To enlighten again; to reillumine.
Lighty :: Lighty (a.) Illuminated.
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.
Limner :: Limner (n.) One who illuminates books.
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.
Illuminable :: Illuminable (a.) Capable of being illuminated.
Terminator :: Terminator (n.) The dividing line between the illuminated and the unilluminated part of the moon.
Half-moon :: Half-moon (n.) The moon at the quarters, when half its disk appears illuminated..
Penumbrala :: Penumbrala () Of or pertaining to a penumbra; resembling a penumbra; partially illuminated.
Irradiate :: Irradiate (v. t.) To throw rays of light upon; to illuminate; to brighten; to adorn with luster.
Full :: Full (v. i.) To become full or wholly illuminated; as, the moon fulls at midnight..
Illuminated :: Illuminated (imp. & p. p.) of Illuminat.
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