illuminate

Etymology
From, borrowed from , supine of , from + , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬. More at.

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 make spectacular.
 * 6)  To glow; to light up.
 * 7) * 2011/2012, "Spectrum", written by Florence Welch and Paul Epworth, performed by, released on the album Ceremonials (2011):
 * Say my name / and every color illuminates. / We are shining /
 * 1)  To be exposed to light.
 * 2)  To direct a  beam toward.
 * 1) * 2011/2012, "Spectrum", written by Florence Welch and Paul Epworth, performed by, released on the album Ceremonials (2011):
 * Say my name / and every color illuminates. / We are shining /
 * 1)  To be exposed to light.
 * 2)  To direct a  beam toward.

Synonyms

 * ,, ; See also Thesaurus:illuminate
 * See also Thesaurus:decorate
 * , ; See also Thesaurus:decorate
 * ,, ; See also Thesaurus:shine
 * ,, ; See also Thesaurus:shine

Related terms

 * lumens
 * lumens

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: işıqlandırmaq
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: osvětlit,
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: ilumini
 * Estonian: valgustama
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: ,
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: φωτίζω
 * Guaraní: hesape
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Interlingua: illuminar
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kazakh: жарықтандыру
 * Latin: illuminare
 * Lithuanian: apšviesti
 * Maori: tūrama
 * Mirandese: alhumbrar
 * Norman: illeuminner
 * Polish: iluminować,
 * Portuguese:
 * Quechua:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Tocharian A: luk-
 * Tocharian B: luk-
 * Ukrainian: осві́тлювати, освітли́ти


 * Dutch: ,
 * German:
 * Ido:
 * Kazakh: астыңғы жағынан жарық түсіру, бүйірден сəулелендіру
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Ido:
 * Italian: ,
 * Kazakh: түсіндіру, ағарту
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Ukrainian: осві́тлювати, освітли́ти


 * Bulgarian: украсявам с рисунки
 * Dutch: ,
 * Galician:
 * Hungarian: ábrákkal díszít
 * Ido:
 * Irish: maisigh
 * Italian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:


 * Esperanto:

Noun

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

Adjective

 * 1)  enlightened
 * 2) * February 28 1630,, The Hypocrite
 * do ye see an illuminate elder of the anabaptists rapt in divine ecstasies?