illuminate

== English == === Pronunciation === (verb) IPA(key): /ɪˈl(j)umɪneɪt/, /ɪˈl(j)uməneɪt/ (noun, adjective) IPA(key): /ɪˈl(j)umɪnət/ === Etymology 1 === From Middle English illuminaten, borrowed from Latin illūminātus, perfect passive participle of illūminō (“lighten, light up, show off”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) for more), from in +‎ lūminō (“light up”), from lūmen (“light”). Cognate with Old English lȳman (“to glow, shine”). More at leam. ==== Verb ==== illuminate (third-person singular simple present illuminates, present participle illuminating, simple past and past participle illuminated) (transitive) To shine light on something. (transitive) To decorate something with lights. (transitive, figurative) To clarify or make something understandable. (transitive) To decorate the page of a manuscript book with ornamental designs. (transitive, figurative) To make spectacular. (intransitive) To glow; to light up. 2011/2012, "Spectrum", written by Florence Welch and Paul Epworth, performed by Florence and the Machine, released on the album Ceremonials (2011): Say my name / and every color illuminates. / We are shining / […] (intransitive) To be exposed to light. (transitive, military) To direct a radar beam toward. ===== Synonyms ===== (shine light on something): belight, enlighten, illumine; See also Thesaurus:illuminate (decorate something with lights): See also Thesaurus:decorate (make something understandable): bring home, clarify, elucidate, explicitize, sort out, straighten out (decorate the page of a manuscript book): illustrate, quill; See also Thesaurus:decorate (to glow; to light up): gleam, illumine, shine; See also Thesaurus:shine ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== luminous lumens ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Latin illūminātus, see Etymology 1 and -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more. For sense 3, see also Lumières. ==== Adjective ==== illuminate (comparative more illuminate, superlative most illuminate) (obsolete) Enlightened, illuminated, made bright. February 28 1630, Joseph Hall, The Hypocrite do ye see an illuminate elder of the anabaptists rapt in divine ecstasies? (figurative) Enlightened spiritually, divinely taught or inspired; in technical use, converted, baptized. (archaic) Learned, erudite. === Etymology 3 === From a substantivation of the above adjective, see -ate (noun-forming suffix) for more. ==== Noun ==== illuminate (plural illuminates) Someone thought to have an unusual degree of enlightenment. == Interlingua == === Participle === illuminate past participle of illuminar == Italian == === Adjective === illuminate f pl feminine plural of illuminato === Verb === illuminate inflection of illuminare: second-person plural present indicative second-person plural imperative feminine plural past participle === Anagrams === alluminite == Latin == === Participle === illūmināte vocative masculine singular of illūminātus === References === “illuminate”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “illuminate”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.