Emily Dickinson Lexicon

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.