Illuminated

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Illuminate \Il*lu"mi*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Illuminated};
     p. pr. & vb. n. {Illuminating}.] [L. illuminatus, p. p. of
     illuminare; pref. il- in + luminare to enlighten, fr. lumen
     light. See {Luminous}, and cf. {Illume}, {Illumine},
     {Enlimn}, {Limn}.]
     1. To make light; to throw light on; to supply with light,


        literally or figuratively; to brighten.
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     2. To light up; to decorate with artificial lights, as a
        building or city, in token of rejoicing or respect.
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     3. 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.
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     4. 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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  illuminated \illuminated\ adj. [p. p. of {illuminate}.]
     1. rendered luminous by rays of light striking and
        reflecting; -- used especially of illumination by
        artificial light.
  
     Syn: lighted.
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     2. Adorned with pictorial or graphical designs, 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; as, an illuminated manuscript.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  illuminated
       adj : provided with artificial light; "illuminated advertising";
             "looked up at the lighted windows"; "a brightly lit
             room"; "a well-lighted stairwell" [syn: {lighted}, {lit},
              {well-lighted}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  68 Moby Thesaurus words for "illuminated":
     ablaze, afflicted, aglow, alight, bathed with light, bent,
     bespangled, boiled, bombed, boozy, brightened, candlelit, canned,
     cockeyed, cockeyed drunk, crocked, crocko, elevated, enlightened,
     firelit, fried, fuddled, gaslit, half-seas over, high, in a blaze,
     irradiate, irradiated, lamplit, lanternlit, lighted, lightened,
     lit, lit up, loaded, lubricated, luminous, lushy, moonlit, muzzy,
     oiled, organized, pickled, pie-eyed, pissed, pissy-eyed, plastered,
     polluted, potted, raddled, shellacked, skunk-drunk, smashed,
     soaked, soused, spangled, squiffy, star-spangled, star-studded,
     starlit, stewed, stinko, studded, sunlit, swacked, tanked, tight,
     tinseled