meaning of illuminates

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.
5.
To light up in token or rejoicing.
6.
Enlightened.
7.
One who enlightened; esp. , a pretender to extraordinary light and knowledge.
8.
make lighter or brighter; "This lamp lightens the room a ">bit"


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illuminate | illuminated | illuminati | illuminating | illumination | illumination unit | illuminatism | illuminative | illuminator |

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