Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for IL-LU'MIN-ATE
IL-LU'MIN-ATE, v.t. [See Illume.]
- To enlighten; to throw light on; to supply with light. [This word used in poetry or prose.]
- To adorn with festal lamps or bonfires.
- To enlighten intellectually with knowledge or grace. Heb. x.
- To adorn with pictures, portraits and other paintings; as, to illuminate manuscripts or books, according to ancient practice. Encyc.
- To illustrate; to throw light on, as on obscure subjects. Watts.
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