![]() ![]() Illū′miner, an illuminator Illū′minism.- adj. illuminate clairer Pronunciation illuminate Pronunciation in French clairer illuminate in French: clairer Part of speech: verb Definition in. Illū′mine, Illū′me, to make luminous or bright: to enlighten: to adorn.- ns. one who is employed in adorning books with coloured letters and illustrations.- vs.t. Illū′minative, tending to give light: illustrative or explanatory.- n. Illuminā′tion, act of giving light: that which gives light: splendour: brightness: a display of lights: adorning of books with coloured lettering or illustrations: ( B.) enlightening influence, inspiration.- adj. Illuminā′tī, the enlightened, a name given to various sects, and especially to a society of German Freethinkers at the end of the 18th century.- n. Illū′minable, that may be illuminated.- adj. ![]() to light up: to enlighten: to illustrate: to adorn with ornamental lettering or illustrations.- adj. ![]() My health is insufficient to amplify these remarks, and to illuminate the several pages with variety of examples.Ĭhambers 20th Century Dictionary Rate this definition: 0.0 / 0 votes To adorn with pictures or initial letters of various colours. When he illuminates the mind with supernatural light, he does not extinguish that which is natural. Satan had no power to abuse the illuminated world with his impostures. To enlighten intellectually with knowledge or grace. Than that night rises from his absent ray, Reason our guide, what can she more reply T' illuminate the earth and rule the night. No painting can be seen in full perfection, but as all nature is illuminated by a single light. To enlighten to supply with light.ĭo thou vouchsafe, with thy love-kindling light, Samuel Johnson's Dictionary Rate this definition: 0.0 / 0 votesĮtymology: illuminer, French lumen, Latin. ![]()
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