light up
illuminate is the root word of illuminating
Illuminate is used as a verb. She hoped telling her side of the story would help illuminate what actually happened. The room began to illuminate.
This Tiffany lamp will illuminate our library quite nicely.
Darken
He could not illuminate the passageway because his torch was not bright enough.
illuminate
I needed a light to illuminate the porch.Hopefully his speech will illuminate the politician's beliefs.
We bought a new lamp to illuminate the living room. Some dark secrets in government require a free press to illuminate them.
illuminate
To light, to illuminate.
No, illuminate does not mean worshipping the devil. Illuminate means to light up or illuminate something, or it can refer to a person or group with knowledge or enlightenment. The word "illuminate" is not associated with worshipping the devil.
"Illuminate" is a word referring to using a picture to describe something. Today "Illuminate" is also taken to mean 'describing' by the use of words or other means.