illuminated : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: illuminated	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
illuminated adj provided with artificial light; "illuminated advertising"; "looked up at the lighted windows"; "a brightly lit room"; "a well-lighted stairwell" Synonym(s): illuminated, lighted, lit, well-lighted
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.