Emily Dickinson Lexicon

ILL-TIME', v.t.

To do or attempt at an unsuitable time.

ILL-TIM'ED, a.

Done or said at an unsuitable time.

ILL'-TRAIN-ED, a.

Not well trained or disciplined. Mitford.

IL-LUDE', v.t. [L. illudo; in and ludo, to play. See Ludicrous.]

To play upon by artifice; to deceive; to mock; to excite hope and disappoint it.

IL-LUD'ED, pp.

Deceived; mocked.

IL-LUD'ING, ppr.

Playing on by artifice; deceiving.

IL-LUME', or IL-LU'MINE, v.t. [Fr. illuminer; L. illumino; in and lumino, to enlighten, from lumen, light. See Luminous.]

1. To illuminate; to enlighten; to throw or spread light on; to make light or bright. Milton. [These words are used chiefly in poetry.]
2. To enlighten, as the mind; to cause to understand.
3. To brighten; to adorn. The mountain's brow, / Illum'd with fluid gold. Thomson.

IL-LU'MIN-ANT, n.

That which illuminates or affords light. Boyle.

IL-LU'MIN-ATE, a.

Enlightened. Bp. Hall.

IL-LU'MIN-ATE, n.

One of a sect of heretics pretending to possess extraordinary light and knowledge.

IL-LU'MIN-ATE, v.t. [See Illume.]

1. To enlighten; to throw light on; to supply with light. [This word used in poetry or prose.]
2. To adorn with festal lamps or bonfires.
3. To enlighten intellectually with knowledge or grace. Heb. x.
4. To adorn with pictures, portraits and other paintings; as, to illuminate manuscripts or books, according to ancient practice. Encyc.
5. To illustrate; to throw light on, as on obscure subjects. Watts.

IL-LU'MIN-A-TED, pp.

Enlightened; rendered light or luminous; illustrated; adorned with pictures, as books.

IL-LU'MIN-A-TING, n.

The act, practice or art of adorning manuscripts and books by paintings.

IL-LU'MIN-A-TING, ppr.

Enlightening; rendering luminous or bright; illustrating; adorning with pictures.

IL-LU-MIN-A'TION, n.

1. The act of illuminating or rendering luminous; the act of supplying with light.
2. The act of rendering a house or a town light, by placing lights at the windows, or in elevated situations, as a manifestation of joy; or the state of being thus rendered light.
3. That which gives light. The sun – is an illumination created. Ralegh.
4. Brightness; splendor.
5. Infusion of intellectual light; an enlightening of the understanding by knowledge, or the mind by spiritual light.
6. The act, art or practice of adorning manuscripts and books with pictures. Encyc.
7. Inspiration; the special communication of knowledge to the mind by the Supreme Being. Hymns and psalms – are framed by meditation beforehand, or by prophetical illumination are inspired. Hooker.

IL-LU'MIN-A-TIVE, a. [Fr. illuminatif.]

Having the power of giving light. Digby.

IL-LU'MIN-A-TOR, n.

1. He or that which illuminates or gives light.
2. One whose occupation is to decorate manuscripts and books with pictures, portraits and drawings of any kind. This practice began among the Romans, and was continued during the middle ages. The manuscripts containing portraits, pictures and emblematic figures, form a valuable part of the riches preserved in the principal libraries in Europe. Encyc. From this word, by contraction, is formed limner.

IL-LU'MIN-ED, pp.

Illuminated; made light.

IL-LU-MIN-EE', or IL-LU-MIN-A'TI, n.

1. A church term anciently applied to persons who had received baptism; in which ceremony they received a lighted taper, as a symbol of the faith and grace they had received by that sacrament. Encyc.
2. The name of a sect of heretics, who sprung up in Spain about the year 1575, and who afterward appeared in France. Their principal doctrine was, that by means of a sublime manner of prayer, they had attained to so perfect a state as to have no need of ordinances, sacraments and good works. Encyc.
3. The name given to certain associations of men in modern Europe, who combined to overthrow the existing religious institutions, and substitute reason, by which they expected to raise men and society to perfection. Robison.

IL-LU'MIN-ING, ppr.

Rendering light; illuminating.

IL-LU'MIN-ISM, n.

The principles of the Illuminati.

IL-LU'MIN-IZE, v.t.

To initiate into the doctrines or principles of the Illuminati. Am. Review.

IL-LU'MIN-IZ-ED, pp.

Initiated into the doctrines, &c. of the Illuminati.

IL-LU'MIN-IZ-ING, ppr.

Initiating into the doctrines, &c. of the Illuminati.

IL-LU'SION, n. [s as z. Fr. illusion; L. illusio; from illudo, to illude.]

Deceptive appearance; false show, by which a person is or may be deceived, or his expectations disappointed; mockery. Ye soft illusions, dear deceits, arise! Pope.