Details of word ILLUMINATE

Definition of illuminate

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.

Word "illuminate" contains 10 letters : A E I I L L M N T U

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