| VERB | change | illuminate, light, illume, illumine, light up | make lighter or brighter |
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| cognition | illuminate, clear, clear up, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out, sort out, enlighten, elucidate | make free from confusion / confusion or ambiguity | |
| creation | illuminate | add embellishments and paintings to (medieval manuscripts) |
| Sounds | ihluw'mihniht | |
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| Rhymes | acquit ... writ: 187 rhymes with iht... | |
| Meaning | make lighter or brighter. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | light, illume, illumine, light up | |
| Narrower | floodlight | illuminate with floodlights |
| spotlight | illuminate with a spotlight, as in the theater | |
| Broader | lighten, lighten up | Become lighter |
| Spanish | aclarar, alumbrar, encender, iluminar | |
| Catalan | enllumenar, il·luminar | |
| Nouns | illuminant | something that can serve as a source of light |
| illumination | the luminous flux incident on a unit area | |
| illumination | the degree of visibility of your environment | |
| Meaning | make free from confusion / confusion or ambiguity; make clear. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | clear, clear up, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out, sort out, enlighten, elucidate | |
| Broader | clarify, clear up, elucidate | make clear and (more) comprehensible |
| Spanish | aclarar, clarificar, cristalizar, dilucidar, esclarecer, explicar | |
| Catalan | dilucidar, esclarir | |
| Nouns | illumination | an interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding |
| Meaning | add embellishments and paintings to (medieval manuscripts) . | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Category | art, artistic creation, artistic production | The creation of beautiful or significant things |
| Entails | paint | make a painting / painting of |
| Narrower | miniate, rubricate | decorate (manuscripts) with letters painted red |
| Broader | decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify | make more attractive by adding ornament, colour / colour, etc. |
| Spanish | iluminar, ilustrar | |
| Catalan | il·luminar | |
| Nouns | illumination | painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts) |
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