Word
Illuminate
How many syllables?
4 Syllables
How it's divided?
il-lu-mi-nate
Definition
- 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.
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