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illuminate
What does illuminate mean?
illuminate (verb): to shine light on something.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use illuminate in a sentence?
- The forest was illuminated by a lantern. (Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR)
- The sun started to come out and illuminate the sky. (Tatoeba sentence #11802330 by Amastan, CC BY 2.0 FR)
Where does illuminate come from?
From Middle English illuminaten, borrowed from Latin illūminātus, perfect passive participle of illūminō (“lighten, light up, show off”), from in + lūminō (“light up”), from lūmen (“light”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of illuminate?
Words related to illuminate
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “illuminate” mean?
to shine light on something
Right! That's what “illuminate” means.
to throw so as to turn over
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express or state indirectly
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to invoke divine favor upon
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trace
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climb
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light
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rival
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