Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To illuminate.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To illuminate.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb obsolete To illuminate.
Etymologies
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Latin luminatus, past participle of luminare to illumine, from lumen light. See limn.
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Examples
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Overhead lights luminate white walls on which a couple of large oil paintings hang.
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CDL tanks used again twice in April, once in failed effort to capture bridges near Henrichenburg and again to il - luminate bridge construction across Dortmund-Ems Canal and Lippe River.
Steel Victory Yeide, Harry 2003
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The weight of the two men beside it caused the panels to il - luminate.
Blue Adept Anthony, Piers 1981
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General Lewis sent clear to Boston to get the things to make it of, and Miss Ida Lewis she made it; and to-night they're going to 'luminate.
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