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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Shade :: Shade (n.) The darker portion of a picture; a less illuminated part. See Def. 1, above..
Illumination :: Illumination (n.) The act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated..
Twilight :: Twilight (a.) Imperfectly illuminated; shaded; obscure.
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..
Half-moon :: Half-moon (n.) The moon at the quarters, when half its disk appears illuminated..
Illumination :: Illumination (v. t.) That which is illuminated, as a house; also, an ornamented book or manuscript..
Wane :: Wane (v. i.) To be diminished; to decrease; -- contrasted with wax, and especially applied to the illuminated part of the moon..
Illumination :: Illumination (v. t.) That which illuminates or gives light; brightness; splendor; especially, intellectual light or knowledge..
Illuminate :: Illuminate (v. t.) To make light; to throw light on; to supply with light, literally or figuratively; to brighten..
Fire :: Fire (v. t.) To light up as if by fire; to illuminate.
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..
Reflex :: Reflex (n.) Reflection; the light reflected from an illuminated surface to one in shade.
Illuminable :: Illuminable (a.) Capable of being illuminated.
Illuminant :: Illuminant (n.) That which illuminates or affords light; as, gas and petroleum are illuminants..
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 illuminate with knowledge; to enlighten.
Reilluminate :: Reilluminate (v. t.) To enlighten again; to reillumine.
Illume :: Illume (v. t.) To throw or spread light upon; to make light or bright; to illuminate; to illumine.
Illumine :: Illumine (v. t.) To illuminate; to light up; to adorn.
Irradiate :: Irradiate (v. t.) To enlighten intellectually; to illuminate; as, to irradiate the mind..
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