Definition of illuminate

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Illuminate (n.) One who enlightened; esp., a pretender to extraordinary light and knowledge..

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Shade :: Shade (n.) The darker portion of a picture; a less illuminated part. See Def. 1, above..
Illuminate :: Illuminate (v. t.) To light up; to decorate with artificial lights, as a building or city, in token of rejoicing or respect..
Illuminated :: Illuminated (imp. & p. p.) of Illuminat.
Belight :: Belight (v. t.) To illuminate.
Light :: Light (v. i.) To be illuminated; to receive light; to brighten; -- with up; as, the room lights up very well..
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.
Half-moon :: Half-moon (n.) The moon at the quarters, when half its disk appears illuminated..
Full-orbed :: Full-orbed (a.) Having the orb or disk complete or fully illuminated; like the full moon.
Fire :: Fire (v. t.) To light up as if by fire; to illuminate.
Illuminate :: Illuminate (v. t.) To make light; to throw light on; to supply with light, literally or figuratively; to brighten..
Illumine :: Illumine (v. t.) To illuminate; to light up; to adorn.
Illuminator :: Illuminator (n.) One whose occupation is to adorn books, especially manuscripts, with miniatures, borders, etc. See Illuminate, v. t., 3..
Light :: Light (n.) To give light to; to illuminate; to fill with light; to spread over with light; -- often with up.
Luminous :: Luminous (a.) Illuminated; full of light; bright; as, many candles made the room luminous..
Illuminate :: 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..
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
Twilight :: Twilight (a.) Imperfectly illuminated; shaded; obscure.
Wane :: Wane (n.) The decrease of the illuminated part of the moon to the eye of a spectator.
Radiate :: Radiate (v. t.) To enlighten; to illuminate; to shed light or brightness on; to irradiate.
Enlighten :: Enlighten (v. t.) To supply with light; to illuminate; as, the sun enlightens the earth..
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