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Traditional English :: illuminant
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illuminating.html - n. & adj. --n. --adj. illuminance n. [L illuminant- part. stem of illuminare ILLUMINATE] |
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Traditional English :: illuminate
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illuminating.html - v.tr. 1 light up; make bright. 2 decorate (buildings etc.) with lights as a sign of festivity. 3 decorate (an initial letter, a manuscript, etc.) with gold, silver, or brilliant colours. 4 help to explain (a subject etc.). 5 enlighten spiritually or intellectually. 6 shed lustre on. illuminating adj. illuminatingly adv. illumination n. illuminative adj. illuminator n. [L illuminare (as IN-(2), lumen luminis light)] |
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Traditional English :: illuminati
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illuminating.html - n.pl. 1 persons claiming to possess special knowledge or enlightenment. 2 (Illuminati) hist. any of various intellectual movements or societies of illuminati. illuminism n. illuminist n. [pl. of L illuminatus or It. illuminato past part. (as ILLUMINATE)] |
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Traditional English :: illumine
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illuminating.html - v.tr.
literary 1 light up; make bright.
2 enlighten spiritually. [ME f. OF illuminer f. L (as ILLUMINATE)] |
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Traditional English :: illume
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illuminating.html - v.tr.
poet. light up; make bright. [shortening of ILLUMINE] |
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Traditional English :: illuminant
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illuminating.html - n. & adj. --n. --adj. illuminance n. [L illuminant- part. stem of illuminare ILLUMINATE] |
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