English Dictionary: illumination | by the DICT Development Group |
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Ill-mannered \Ill`-man"nered\, a. Impolite; rude. | |
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Ill-minded \Ill"-mind`ed\, a. Ill-disposed. --Byron. | |
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Ill-omened \Ill`-o"mened\, a. Having unlucky omens; inauspicious. See Note under {Ill}, adv. | |
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Illuminable \Il*lu"mi*na*ble\, a. Capable of being illuminated. | |
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Illuminant \Il*lu"mi*nant\, n. [L. illuminans, -antis, p. pr. of illuminare.] That which illuminates or affords light; as, gas and petroleum are illuminants. --Boyle. | |
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Illuminary \Il*lu"mi*na*ry\, a. Illuminative. | |
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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. 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. | |
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Illuminate \Il*lu"mi*nate\, v. i. To light up in token or rejoicing. | |
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Illuminate \Il*lu"mi*nate\, a. [L. illuminatus, p. p.] Enlightened. --Bp. Hall. | |
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Illuminate \Il*lu"mi*nate\, n. One who enlightened; esp., a pretender to extraordinary light and knowledge. | |
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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. 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. | |
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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. 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. | |
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Illuminating \Il*lu"mi*na`ting\, a. Giving or producing light; used for illumination. {Illuminating gas}. See {Gas}, n., 2 (a) . | |
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Illuminating \Il*lu"mi*na`ting\, a. Giving or producing light; used for illumination. {Illuminating gas}. See {Gas}, n., 2 (a) . | |
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Illumination \Il*lu`mi*na"tion\, n. [L. illuminatio: cf. F. illumination.] 1. The act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated. 2. Festive decoration of houses or buildings with lights. 3. Adornment of books and manuscripts with colored illustrations. See {Illuminate}, v. t., 3. 4. That which is illuminated, as a house; also, an ornamented book or manuscript. 5. That which illuminates or gives light; brightness; splendor; especially, intellectual light or knowledge. The illumination which a bright genius giveth to his work. --Felton. 6. (Theol.) The special communication of knowledge to the mind by God; inspiration. Hymns and psalms . . . are framed by meditation beforehand, or by prophetical illumination are inspired. --Hooker. | |
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Illuminatism \Il*lu"mi*na*tism\, n. Illuminism. [R.] | |
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Illuminative \Il*lu"mi*na*tive\, a. [Cf. F. illuminatif.] Tending to illuminate or illustrate; throwing light; illustrative. [bd]Illuminative reading.[b8] --Carlyle. | |
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Illuminator \Il*lu"mi*na`tor\, n. [L., an enlightener, LL. also, an illuminator of books.] 1. One whose occupation is to adorn books, especially manuscripts, with miniatures, borders, etc. See {Illuminate}, v. t., 3. 2. A condenser or reflector of light in optical apparatus; also, an illuminant. | |
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Illumine \Il*lu"mine\, v. t. [Cf. F. illuminer. See {Illuminate}.] To illuminate; to light up; to adorn. | |
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Illuminee \Il*lu`mi*nee"\, n. [F. illumin[82]. Cf. {Illuminati}.] One of the Illuminati. | |
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Illuminer \Il*lu"mi*ner\, n. One who, or that which, illuminates. | |
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Illume \Il*lume"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Illumed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Illuming}.] [Cf. F. illuminer. See {Illuminate}.] To throw or spread light upon; to make light or bright; to illuminate; to illumine. --Shak. The mountain's brow, Illumed with fluid gold. --Thomson. | |
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Illuminism \Il*lu"mi*nism\, n. [Cf. F. illuminisme.] The principles of the Illuminati. | |
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Illuministic \Il*lu`mi*nis"tic\, a. Of or pertaining to illuminism, or the Illuminati. | |
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Illuminize \Il*lu"mi*nize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Illuminized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Illuminizing}.] To initiate the doctrines or principles of the Illuminati. | |
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Illuminize \Il*lu"mi*nize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Illuminized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Illuminizing}.] To initiate the doctrines or principles of the Illuminati. | |
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Illuminize \Il*lu"mi*nize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Illuminized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Illuminizing}.] To initiate the doctrines or principles of the Illuminati. | |
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Illuminous \Il*lu"mi*nous\, a. Bright; clear. [R.] --H. Taylor. | |
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Menaccanite \Me*nac"can*ite\, n. [From Menaccan, in Cornwall, where it was first found.] (Min.) An iron-black or steel-gray mineral, consisting chiefly of the oxides of iron and titanium. It is commonly massive, but occurs also in rhombohedral crystals. Called also {titanic iron ore}, and {ilmenite}. | |
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Illy \Il"ly\, adv. [A word not fully approved, but sometimes used for the adverb ill.] Ilmenite \Il"men*ite\, n. [So called from Ilmen, a branch of the Ural Mountains.] (Min.) Titanic iron. See {Menaccanite}. | |
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Menaccanite \Me*nac"can*ite\, n. [From Menaccan, in Cornwall, where it was first found.] (Min.) An iron-black or steel-gray mineral, consisting chiefly of the oxides of iron and titanium. It is commonly massive, but occurs also in rhombohedral crystals. Called also {titanic iron ore}, and {ilmenite}. | |
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Illy \Il"ly\, adv. [A word not fully approved, but sometimes used for the adverb ill.] Ilmenite \Il"men*ite\, n. [So called from Ilmen, a branch of the Ural Mountains.] (Min.) Titanic iron. See {Menaccanite}. | |
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Ilmenium \Il*me"ni*um\, n. [NL. See {Ilmenite}.] (Chem.) A supposed element claimed to have been discovered by R.Harmann. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
Illuminatus! I. "The Eye in the Pyramid" II. "The Golden Apple" III. "Leviathan". Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson Dell, 1988 ISBN 0-440-53981-1 This work of alleged fiction is an incredible berserko-surrealist rollercoaster of world-girdling conspiracies, intelligent dolphins, the fall of Atlantis, who really killed JFK, sex, drugs, rock'n'roll, and the Cosmic Giggle Factor. First published in three volumes, but there is now a one-volume trade paperback, carried by most chain bookstores under SF. The perfect right-brain companion to Hofstadter's "Go"del, Escher, Bach". See {Eris}, {Discordianism}, {random numbers}, {Church of the SubGenius}. |