The Meaning of illuminate

• (v. t.) To make light; to throw light on; to supply with light, literally or figuratively; to brighten.
• (v. t.) To light up; to decorate with artificial lights, as a building or city, in token of rejoicing or respect.
• (v. t.) To adorn, as a book or page with borders, initial letters, or miniature pictures in colors and gold, as was done in manuscripts of the Middle Ages.
• (v. t.) To make plain or clear; to dispel the obscurity to by knowledge or reason; to explain; to elucidate; as, to illuminate a text, a problem, or a duty.
• (v. i.) To light up in token or rejoicing.
• (a.) Enlightened.
• (n.) One who enlightened; esp., a pretender to extraordinary light and knowledge.

Synonyms

light , illume , illumine , light up , clear , clear up , shed light on , crystallize , crystallise , crystalize , crystalise , straighten out , sort out , enlighten , elucidate

Rhymes

illuminate