'Illuminate' definitions:
Definition of 'illuminate'
(from WordNet)
verb
Make lighter or brighter; "This lamp lightens the room a bit" [syn: light, illume, illumine, light up, illuminate]
verb
Make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear; "Could you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault" [syn: clear, clear up, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out, sort out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidate]
verb
Add embellishments and paintings to (medieval manuscripts)
Definition of 'Illuminate'
From: GCIDE
- Illuminate \Il*lu"mi*nate\, n. One who is enlightened; esp., a pretender to extraordinary light and knowledge. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Illuminate'
From: GCIDE
- Illuminate \Il*lu"mi*nate\, v. i. To light up in token or rejoicing. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Illuminate'
From: GCIDE
- Illuminate \Il*lu"mi*nate\, a. [L. illuminatus, p. p.] Enlightened. --Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Illuminate'
From: GCIDE
- Illuminate \Il*lu"mi*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Illuminated; p. pr. & vb. n. Illuminating.] [L. illuminatus, p. p. of illuminare; pref. il- in + luminare to enlighten, fr. lumen light. See Luminous, and cf. Illume, Illumine, Enlimn, Limn.]
- 1. To make light; to throw light on; to supply with light, literally or figuratively; to brighten. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To light up; to decorate with artificial lights, as a building or city, in token of rejoicing or respect. [1913 Webster]
- 3. 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. [1913 Webster]
- 4. 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'illuminate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- account for,
- adorn,
- affect,
- allegorize,
- apply paint,
- beacon,
- bead,
- bedaub,
- bedizen,
- begild,
- bejewel,
- beribbon,
- besmear,
- bespangle,
- betoken,
- better,
- brandish,
- breathe,
- brighten,
- brighten up,
- bring forth,
- bring forward,
- bring into view,
- bring out,
- bring to notice,
- brush on paint,
- calcimine,
- clarify,
- clear,
- clear up,
- coat,
- color,
- complexion,
- construe,
- cover,
- crack,
- dab,
- dangle,
- daub,
- decipher,
- decorate,
- deep-dye,
- define,
- demonstrate,
- demythologize,
- develop,
- diamond,
- dip,
- disclose,
- display,
- distemper,
- divulge,
- double-dye,
- dramatize,
- dye,
- edify,
- elucidate,
- embellish,
- emblazon,
- embody,
- enact,
- enamel,
- engild,
- engrave,
- enlighten,
- ennoble,
- euhemerize,
- evidence,
- evince,
- exalt,
- exemplify,
- exhibit,
- explain,
- explain away,
- explicate,
- expose to view,
- exposit,
- expound,
- express,
- face,
- fast-dye,
- feather,
- figure,
- filigree,
- finish,
- fire,
- flag,
- flaunt,
- flood with light,
- floodlight,
- flounce,
- flourish,
- flower,
- fresco,
- garland,
- gem,
- gild,
- give reason for,
- give sign,
- give the meaning,
- give token,
- glaze,
- gloss,
- grain,
- highlight,
- hue,
- ignite,
- illume,
- illumine,
- illustrate,
- imbue,
- improve,
- incarnate,
- indicate,
- ingrain,
- interpret,
- irradiate,
- japan,
- jewel,
- kindle,
- lacquer,
- lay on color,
- light,
- light up,
- lighten,
- luminate,
- make clear,
- make plain,
- manifest,
- materialize,
- mature,
- mean,
- ornament,
- overshine,
- paint,
- parade,
- parget,
- perfect,
- perform,
- pigment,
- plume,
- polish,
- popularize,
- present,
- prime,
- produce,
- rationalize,
- refine,
- relume,
- relumine,
- represent,
- reveal,
- ribbon,
- roll out,
- set forth,
- shade,
- shadow,
- shed light upon,
- shellac,
- shine upon,
- show,
- show forth,
- show how,
- show the way,
- simplify,
- slop on paint,
- smear,
- solve,
- spangle,
- spell out,
- spotlight,
- stain,
- stipple,
- throw light upon,
- tinct,
- tincture,
- tinge,
- tinsel,
- tint,
- token,
- tone,
- trot out,
- undercoat,
- unfold,
- unlock,
- unravel,
- uplift,
- varnish,
- wash,
- wave,
- whitewash,
- wreathe
Words containing 'Illuminate'
- Illuminable,
- Illuminant,
- Illuminated,
- Illuminating,
- Illumination,
- Illuminative,
- Illuminator,
- Illumine,
- Illuminer,
- Illuminism,
- Illuminize,
- Illuminized,
- Illuminizing,
- Illuminous,
- illuminance,
- Illuminating gas,
- Unit of illumination,
- illumination unit,
- source of illumination,
- ultraviolet illumination,
- dark field illumination,
- dark ground illumination