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illuminate

[ verb ih-loo-muh-neyt; adjective noun ih-loo-muh-nit, -neyt ]

verb (used with object)

illuminated, illuminating.
  1. to supply or brighten with light; light up.
  2. to make lucid or clear; throw light on (a subject).

    Synonyms: , ,

  3. to decorate with lights, as in celebration.
  4. to enlighten, as with knowledge.
  5. to make resplendent or illustrious:

    A smile illuminated her face.

  6. to decorate (a manuscript, book, etc.) with colors and gold or silver, as was often done in the Middle Ages.


verb (used without object)

illuminated, illuminating.
  1. to display lights, as in celebration.
  2. to become illuminated.

adjective

  1. Archaic. illuminated.
  2. Obsolete. enlightened.

noun

  1. Archaic. a person who is or affects to be specially enlightened.

illuminate

verb

  1. tr to throw light in or into; light up

    to illuminate a room

  2. tr to make easily understood; clarify
  3. to adorn, decorate, or be decorated with lights
  4. tr to decorate (a letter, page, etc) by the application of colours, gold, or silver
  5. intr to become lighted up
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. archaic.
    made clear or bright with light; illuminated
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a person who has or claims to have special enlightenment
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 颈濒藞濒耻尘颈藢苍补迟辞谤, noun
  • 颈濒藞濒耻尘颈苍补迟颈惫别, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 颈濒路濒耻顎僲颈路苍补迟顎卛苍驳路濒测 adverb
  • 辫谤别顎卛濒路濒耻顎僲颈路苍补迟别顎 verb (used with object)
  • 谤别顎卛濒路濒耻顎僲颈路苍补迟别顎 verb reilluminated reilluminating
  • 蝉别尘顎卛-颈濒路濒耻顎僲颈路苍补迟顎卐诲 adjective
  • 耻苍顎卛濒路濒耻顎僲颈路苍补迟顎卐诲 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of illuminate1

First recorded in 1400鈥50; late Middle English, from Latin 颈濒濒奴尘颈苍腻迟耻蝉, past participle of 颈濒濒奴尘颈苍腻谤别 鈥渢o light up, brighten鈥; illumine ( def ), -ate 1( def )
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of illuminate1

C16: from Latin 颈濒濒奴尘颈苍腻谤别 to light up, from 濒奴尘别苍 light
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He said his experience of living with cancer had shown that "the darkest moments of illness can be illuminated by the greatest compassion".

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In an illuminating comparison, the Times鈥 box office report for 鈥淥nce Upon a Time in Hollywood鈥 called that film鈥檚 opening weekend numbers a 鈥渉it,鈥 while Coogler鈥檚 was met with doubt.

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What Yamamoto shared was illuminating, expressing uncertainty about who he was as a big league pitcher and how to best deploy his arsenal against opposing lineups.

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A single, white rose was pictured lying on the stone tomb that bears the name he was known by during his pontificate, below a crucifix illuminated by a single spotlight.

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When she takes a second to examine herself in the reflection of a pot lid, she illuminates so many unappreciated mothers.

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