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Definition illuminate

Etymology

From Middle English illuminaten, borrowed from Latin ill?min?tum, supine of ill?min? (“lighten, light up, show off”), from in + l?min? (“light up”), from l?men (“light”). Cognate with Old English l?man (“to glow, shine”). More at leam.

Verb

illuminate (third-person singular simple present illuminates, present participle illuminating, simple past and past participle illuminated)

1. (transitive) To shine light on something.
2. (transitive) To decorate something with lights.
3. (transitive, figuratively) To clarify or make something understandable.
4. (transitive) To decorate the page of a manuscript book with ornamental designs.
5. (transitive, figuratively) To make spectacular.
6. (intransitive) To glow; to light up.
7. (intransitive) To be exposed to light.
8. (transitive, military) To direct a radar beam toward.

Noun

illuminate (plural illuminates)

1. Someone thought to have an unusual degree of enlightenment.

Adjective

illuminate (comparative more illuminate, superlative most illuminate)

1. (obsolete) enlightened

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