Illuminate

Verb

 * 1)  to shine light on something
 * 2)  to decorate something with lights
 * 3)  to clarify or make something understandable
 * 4)  to decorate the page of a manuscript book with ornamental designs
 * 5)  to glow
 * 6)  to be exposed to light

Noun

 * 1) Someone thought to have an unusual degree of enlightenment.

Adverbs for Illuminate
singularly; brilliantly; gloriously; vividly; feebly; sparklingly; indirectly; partially.

Thesaurus
account for, adorn, affect, allegorize, apply paint, beacon, bead, bedaub, bedizen, begild, bejewel, beribbon, besmear, bespangle, betoken, better, brandish, breathe, brighten, brighten up, bring forth, bring forward, bring into view, bring out, bring to notice, brush on paint, calcimine, clarify, clear, clear up, coat, color, complexion, construe, cover, crack, dab, dangle, daub, decipher, decorate, deep-dye, define, demonstrate, demythologize, develop, diamond, dip, disclose, display, distemper, divulge, double-dye, dramatize, dye, edify, elucidate, embellish, emblazon, embody, enact, enamel, engild, engrave, enlighten, ennoble, euhemerize, evidence, evince, exalt, exemplify, exhibit, explain, explain away, explicate, expose to view, exposit, expound, express, face, fast-dye, feather, figure, filigree, finish, fire, flag, flaunt, flood with light, floodlight, flounce, flourish, flower, fresco, garland, gem, gild, give reason for, give sign, give the meaning, give token, glaze, gloss, grain, highlight, hue, ignite, illume, illumine, illustrate, imbue, improve, incarnate, indicate, ingrain, interpret, irradiate, japan, jewel, kindle, lacquer, lay on color, light, light up, lighten, luminate, make clear, make plain, manifest, materialize, mature, mean, ornament, overshine, paint, parade, parget, perfect, perform, pigment, plume, polish, popularize, present, prime, produce, rationalize, refine, relume, relumine, represent, reveal, ribbon, roll out, set forth, shade, shadow, shed light upon, shellac, shine upon, show, show forth, show how, show the way, simplify, slop on paint, smear, solve, spangle, spell out, spotlight, stain, stipple, throw light upon, tinct, tincture, tinge, tinsel, tint, token, tone, trot out, undercoat, unfold, unlock, unravel, uplift, varnish, wash, wave, whitewash, wreathe

Etymology
From illuminaten:, originally from  illuminatum:, supine of illumino:.

Verb

 * Armenian: լուսավորել
 * Azeri: işıqlandırmaq
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 照亮, 照明
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:


 * Interlingua: illuminar
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 照らす, 照明
 * Latin: illuminare
 * Polish: iluminować, oświetlać
 * Romanian: ilumina
 * Russian: освещать, осветить
 * Spanish:


 * Dutch:, illumineren
 * German: illuminieren


 * Russian: иллюминировать


 * Dutch: verhelderen
 * Finnish:
 * Italian: ,


 * Russian: разъяснять, разъяснить


 * Dutch: verluchten, verluchtigen
 * Irish:


 * Italian:

Synonyms

 * illumine

Derived terms

 * transilluminate
 * illuminator

Participle
illuminate



Adjective
illuminate



Verb
illuminate


 * 1) second-person plural present tense of illuminare
 * 2) second-person plural imperative of illuminare
 * 3) feminine plural past participle of illuminare

Anagrams

 * alluminite