/
ɪˈl(j)uːmɪneɪt/
v.
- light up.
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[usu. as adj. illuminating]
help to clarify or explain.
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[often as adj. illuminated]
decorate (a page or initial letter in a manuscript) with gold, silver, or coloured designs.
Derivative
- illuminatingly adv.
- illuminative adj.
- illuminator n.
Etymology
ME: from L. illuminat-, illuminare ‘illuminate’, from in- ‘upon’ + lumen, lumin- ‘light’.