Definition:
- (v. t.) To make light; to throw light on; to supply with light, literally or figuratively; to brighten.
- (v. t.) To light up; to decorate with artificial lights, as a building or city, in token of rejoicing or respect.
- (v. t.) 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.
- (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.
- (v. i.) To light up in token or rejoicing.
- (a.) Enlightened.
- (n.) One who enlightened; esp., a pretender to extraordinary light and knowledge.
Compare illuminate with other words:
illuminate vs. lit
illuminate vs. illuminated
bright vs. illuminate
enlight vs. illuminate
illuminate vs. overlight
belight vs. illuminate
emblaze vs. illuminate
illuminate vs. reilluminate
illuminate vs. luminant
brighten vs. illuminate
eliminate vs. illuminate
illuminate vs. luminate
illuminate vs. remonstration
illuminate vs. opinion
demonstrate vs. illuminate
enlighten vs. illuminate
illuminant vs. illuminate
illuminate vs. illuminer
footlight vs. illuminate
illuminate vs. irradiate
edifying vs. illuminate
explain vs. illuminate
demonstration vs. illuminate
illuminate vs. luminary
headlight vs. illuminate
illuminate vs. lighten
illuminate vs. limn
flare vs. illuminate
enlightenment vs. illuminate
illuminate vs. illuminator
illuminate vs. illumine
decorate vs. illuminate
illuminate vs. spotlight
illuminate vs. lantern
illuminate vs. radiate
ignite vs. illuminate
illuminate vs. illustrate
illuminate vs. shine
illuminate vs. illumination
gloomy vs. illuminate
alight vs. illuminate
flash vs. illuminate
full vs. illuminate
illuminate vs. light
black vs. illuminate
elucidate vs. illuminate