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illuminate

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Verb

  1. To shine light on something.
  2. To decorate something with lights.
  3. To clarify or make something understandable.
  4. To decorate the page of a manuscript book with ornamental designs.
  5. To make spectacular.
  6. To glow; to light up.
  7. To be exposed to light.
  8. To direct a radar beam toward.

Adjective

  1. Enlightened, illuminated, made bright.
  2. Enlightened spiritually, divinely taught or inspired; in technical use, converted, baptized.
  3. Learned, erudite.

Noun

  1. Someone thought to have an unusual degree of enlightenment.

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