v., -nat·ed, -nat·ing, -nates.

v.tr.

1. To provide or brighten with light.
2. To decorate or hang with lights.
3. To make understandable; clarify: “Cleverly made attacks can . . . serve to illuminate important differences between candidates” (New Republic).
4. To enlighten intellectually or spiritually; enable to understand.
5. To endow with fame or splendor; celebrate.
6. To adorn (a page of a book, for example) with ornamental designs, miniatures, or lettering in brilliant colors or precious metals.
7. To expose to or reveal by radiation.

v.intr.

1. To become lighted; glow.
2. To provide intellectual or spiritual enlightenment and understanding: “Once you decide to titillate instead of illuminate, you're on a slippery slope” (Bill Moyers).
3. To be exposed to or revealed by radiation.

n. (-nĭt)

One who has or professes to have an unusual degree of enlightenment.

[Middle English illuminaten, from Latin illūmināre, illūmināt- : in-, in; see in–² + lūmināre, to light up (from lūmen, lūmin-, light).]

illuminatingly il·lu'mi·nat'ing·ly adv.

verb

1. To provide, cover, or fill with light: illume, illumine, light¹, lighten¹. See light/darkness.
2. To make clear or clearer: clarify, clear (up), elucidate, illustrate. Idioms: shedthrowlight on (or upon). See clear/unclear.
3. To enable (one) to understand, especially in a spiritual sense: edify, enlighten, illume, illumine. See teach/learn.

v

Definition: make clear; educate
Antonyms: cloud, complicate, confuse, dull, involve, obscure

v

Definition: make light
Antonyms: cloud, darken, obscure

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(DOD) Directing radar energy at an aircraft or surface vessel sufficient to obtain radar targeting information (fire control solution).

IN BRIEF: To light up.

A good man's life is never quite ended; something of it always remains to touch and illuminate other lives. — Edward H. White.

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - illuminere, oplyse, belyse
v. intr. - kaste glans over
n. - illumination, lysreklame

Nederlands (Dutch)
toelichten, belichten, versieren, verlichten (intellectueel/ geestelijk)

Français (French)
v. tr. - éclairer, illuminer, clarifier, (Art) enluminer (un manuscript)
v. intr. - s'illuminer
n. - personne qui est/qui prétend détenir la vérité (arch)

Deutsch (German)
v. - beleuchten, erleuchten, (sich) erhellen, illuminieren, aufklären, illustrieren (Buch, Manuskript usw.)
n. - (ehem.) aufgeklärte Person

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - διαφωτίζω, καταυγάζω, φωτίζω, φωταγωγώ, διευκρινίζω

Italiano (Italian)
chiarire, illuminare, illustrare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - iluminar, esclarecer

Русский (Russian)
освещать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - aclarar, dilucidar, iluminar, ilustrar
v. intr. - iluminarse
n. - iluminado

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - upplysa, belysa (äv. bildl.), illuminera, texta, kasta glans över

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
照亮, 用灯装饰, 照射, 阐明, 先知先觉的人, 受到特别启发的人

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 照亮, 用燈裝飾, 照射, 闡明
v. intr. - 照亮
n. - 先知先覺的人, 受到特別啟發的人

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 조명하다, 계몽하다
v. intr. - 밝아지다
n. - 조명, 계몽

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 照らす, 照明する, イルミネーションで飾る, 色模様で飾る, 明らかにする, 解明する, 啓蒙する, 名声を高める

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) ينير, يوضح‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮האיר, הסביר, הבהיר‬
v. intr. - ‮קישט בתאורה‬
n. - ‮אדם נאור (מיושן)‬

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