Canadian English Meaning of illuminate
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Definitions and Meaning of illuminate in English
illuminate (v)
make lighter or brighter
make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
add embellishments and paintings to (medieval manuscripts)
illuminate (v. t.)
To make light; to throw light on; to supply with light, literally or figuratively; to brighten.
To light up; to decorate with artificial lights, as a building or city, in token of rejoicing or respect.
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.
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.
illuminate (v. i.)
To light up in token or rejoicing.
illuminate (a.)
Enlightened.
illuminate (n.)
One who enlightened; esp., a pretender to extraordinary light and knowledge.
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illuminate
make lighter or brighter, make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear, add embellishments and paintings to (medieval manuscripts)To make light; to throw l
illuminate ,light,bathe,beacon,brighten,irradiate,lighten,beam,beat down,blind
blacken,cover,darken,dim,dull,obfuscate,obscure,extinguish,put out,shroud
illuminary => luminary, illuminant => Illuminant, illuminance => Illuminance, illuminable => illuminable, illumed => illuminated,
