illuminate

Definitions

1. 1.To light up; to decorate with artificial lights, as a building or city, in token of rejoicing or respect.
2. 2.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.
3. 3.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.
4. 4.To light up in token or rejoicing.
5. 5.Enlightened. Bp. Hall.
6. 6.One who enlightened; esp., a pretender to extraordinary light and knowledge.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is to light up; to decorate with artificial lights, as a building or city, in token of rejoicing or respect called?
• What is 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 called?
• What is 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 called?
• What is one who enlightened; esp., a pretender to extraordinary light and knowledge called?