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Make bright with light
Answer for the clue "Make bright with light ", 10 letters:
illuminate
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Illuminate may refer to: Illuminate (band) , a German gothic music bandv Illuminate (Joe Morris album) , 1995 Illuminate (David Crowder Band album) , 2003 Illuminate (Destine album) , 2012 Illuminate (Lydia album) , 2008 Illuminate (Karmacoda album), 2007 ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Illuminate \Il*lu"mi*nate\, v. i. To light up in token or rejoicing.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. make lighter or brighter; "This lamp lightens the room a bit" [syn: light , illume , illumine , light up ] make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear; "Could you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault" [syn: clear , ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1500, "to light up, shine on," a back-formation from illumination , or else from Latin illuminatus , past participle of illuminare (see illumination ). Earlier was enlumyen (late 14c.) "decorate written material with gold, silver, bright colors," from ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
(context obsolete English) enlightened n. Someone thought to have an unusual degree of enlightenment. v 1 (context transitive English) To shine light on something. 2 (context transitive English) To decorate something with lights. 3 (context transitive English) ...
Usage examples of illuminate.
When her lumane illuminated what she had stumbled over, she gave a little cry.
He forcibly turned his attention to the brilliantly illuminated wall of lights, cut crystal, stained aerogel, mirrors, and high-tech circuitry which constituted the bar.
Ryder played the spotlight along the bank, hoping to intimidate the Ansar marksmen or, at least, to illuminate them so that his own crew could return fire more accurately.
The flowing gown she wore, draped around her shoulders and left arm, presented a study in contrast, as the light from various areas around the statue and its pedestal helped illuminate the statue against the dark background.
Burning avgas illuminated the southern slope of the hill like noonday.
On Thursday evening there was to be a dance at Curlew, the country home of the Peytons, and Jenny Blair had been invited to spend the night with Bena and watch the illuminated fountain from the upstairs porch of the nursery.
Their lower halves were brightly illuminated for hours, and yet did not bend in the least towards the light, though this is the part which under ordinary circumstances bends the most.
The only vessels we sighted were neutral fishing boats fully illuminated.
He pressed the switch on the handle of the lamp-light and a powerful white beam illuminated the back of the Cagliari pits.
A film of reflected street-lighting shimmered over the whole scene, closing the eyes of modern Cairenes to the wonder of the stars but at the same time creating the hallucination of a fairyland illuminated in greens and reds and blues and sulphurous yellows.
From the remote islands of the Indian Ocean a large provision of camphire had been imported, which is employed with a mixture of wax to illuminate the palaces of the East.
The lights along Western Avenue illuminated the speeding cars, moving together towards their celebration of wounds.
With a circle of light illuminating the floor about them, they walked to its centermost part.
Computers spooled tape and illuminated buttons flashed in sequence, though what that signified Charlton had no idea.
When he reached the shack -- merely a one-roomed hut, with a stovepipe chimney, two windows, and a door -- Christopher stood at the entrance and seemed to illuminate it.