Emily Dickinson Lexicon

IL-LU'SION-IST, n.

One given to illusion.

IL-LU'SIVE, a.

Deceiving by false show; deceitful; false. While the fond soul, / Wrapt in gay visions of unreal bliss, / Still paints th'illusive form. Thomson.

IL-LU'SIVE-LY, adv.

By means of a false show.

IL-LU'SIVE-NESS, n.

Deception; false show. Ash.

IL-LU'SO-RY, a. [Fr. illusoire, from L. illusus, illudo.]

Deceiving or tending to deceive by false appearances; fallacious. His offers were illusory.

IL-LUS'TRATE, v.t. [Fr. illustrer; L. illustro; in and lustro, to illuminate. See Luster.]

1. To make clear, bright or luminous.
2. To brighten with honor; to make distinguished. Matter to me of glory! whom their hate / Illustrates. Milton.
3. To brighten; to make glorious, or to display the glory of; as, to illustrate the perfections of God.
4. To explain or elucidate; to make clear, intelligible or obvious, what is dark or obscure; as, to illustrate a passage of Scripture by comments, or of a profane author by a gloss.

IL-LUS'TRA-TED, pp.

1. Made bright or glorious.
2. Explained; elucidated; made clear to the understanding.

IL-LUS'TRA-TING, ppr.

Making bright or glorious; rendering distinguished; elucidating.

IL-LUS-TRA'TION, n.

1. The act of rendering bright or glorious.
2. Explanation; elucidation; a rendering clear what is obscure or abstruse. Locke.

IL-LUS'TRA-TIVE, a.

1. Having the quality of elucidating and making clear what is obscure; as, an argument or simile illustrative of the subject. Brown.
2. Having the quality of rendering glorious, or of displaying glory.

IL-LUS'TRA-TIVE-LY, adv.

By way of illustration or elucidation. Brown.

IL-LUS'TRA-TOR, n.

One who illustrates or makes clear.

IL-LUS'TRA-TO-RY, a.

Serving to illustrate.

IL-LUS'TRI-OUS, a. [Fr. illustre; L. illustris.]

1. Conspicuous; distinguished by the reputation of greatness; renowned; eminent; as, an illustrious general or magistrate; an illustrious prince.
2. Conspicuous; renowned; conferring honor; as, illustrious actions.
3. Glorious; as, an illustrious display of the divine perfection.
4. A title of honor.

IL-LUS'TRI-OUS-LY, adv.

1. Conspicuously; nobly; eminently; with dignity or distinction.
2. Gloriously; in a way to manifest glory. The redemption of man displays illustriously the justice as well as the benevolence of God.

IL-LUS'TRI-OUS-NESS, n.

Eminence of character; greatness; grandeur; glory.

IL-LUX-U'RI-OUS, a.

Not luxurious. Drury.

ILL-WILL', n.

Enmity; malevolence.

ILL-WILL'ER, n.

One who wishes ill to another.

ILL-WORN', a.

Not well worn.

IM, adv.

In composition, is usually the representative of the Latin in; n being changed to m, for the sako of easy utterance, before a labial, as in imbibe, immense, impartial. We use the same prefix in compounds not of Latin origin, as in imbank, imbitter. For im, the French write em, which we also use in words borrowed from their language.

I'M, v. [I'm.]

contracted from I am.

IM'AGE, n. [Fr. image; L. imago; Sp. imagen; It. image, immagine; Ir. iomaigh.]

1. A representation or similitude of any person or thing, formed of a material substance; as, an image wrought out of stone, wood or wax. Whose is this image and superscription? Matth. xxii.
2. A statue.
3. An idol; the representation of any person or thing, that is an object of worship. The second commandment forbids the worship of images.
4. The likeness of any thing on canvas; a picture; a resemblance painted.
5. Any copy, representation or likeness. The child is the image of its mother.
6. Semblance; show; appearance. The face of things a frightful image bears. Dryden.
7. An idea; a representation of any thing to the mind; a conception; a picture drawn by fancy. Can we conceive / Image of aught delightful, soft or great? Prior.
8. In rhetoric, a lively description of any thing in discourse, which presents a kind of picture to the mind. Encyc.
9. In optics, the figure of any object, made by rays of light proceeding from the several points of it. Thus a mirror reflects the image of a person standing before it, as does water in a vessel or stream, when undisturbed.

IM'AG-E, v.t.

To imagine; to copy by the imagination; to form a likeness in the mind by the fancy or recollection. And image charms he must behold no more. Pope.

IM'AGE-A-BLE, a.

That may be imaged.