illuminate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: illuminate	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for illuminate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
illuminate v make lighter or brighter; "This lamp lightens the room a bit" Synonym(s): light, illume, illumine, light up, illuminate make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear; "Could you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault" Synonym(s): clear, clear up, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out, sort out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidate add embellishments and paintings to (medieval manuscripts)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Illuminate \Illu"minate\, 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. 2. To light up; to decorate with artificial lights, as a building or city, in token of rejoicing or respect. 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. 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Illuminate \Illu"minate\, v. i. To light up in token or rejoicing.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Illuminate \Illu"minate\, a. [L. illuminatus, p. p.] Enlightened. --Bp. Hall.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Illuminate \Illu"minate\, n. One who enlightened; esp., a pretender to extraordinary light and knowledge.