"illumine" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ɪˈl(j)uːmɪn/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɪˈlumən/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-illumine.wav [Southern-England] Forms: illumines [present, singular, third-person], illumining [participle, present], illumined [participle, past], illumined [past]
Rhymes: -uːmɪn Etymology: From Middle English illuminen (“to light, light up; to shine; (figuratively) to enlighten spiritually; to make illustrious”) [and other forms], from Old French illuminer (“to light up, illuminate; (figuratively) to enlighten”) (modern French illuminer), from Latin illūmināre, the present active infinitive of illūminō (“to light up, illuminate; to brighten; to adorn; to make conspicuous”), from il- (variant of in- (prefix meaning ‘in, within’; intensifying prefix)) + lūminō (“to illuminate; to brighten; (figuratively) to reveal”) (from lūmen (“light; light source; (poetic) brightness; daylight”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“to shine; to see; bright”)) + -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs)). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*lewk-}}, {{inh|en|enm|illuminen|t=to light, light up; to shine; (figuratively) to enlighten spiritually; to make illustrious}} Middle English illuminen (“to light, light up; to shine; (figuratively) to enlighten spiritually; to make illustrious”), {{nb...|illumyne, ilumine, yllumyne|otherforms=1}} [and other forms], {{der|en|fro|illuminer|t=to light up, illuminate; (figuratively) to enlighten}} Old French illuminer (“to light up, illuminate; (figuratively) to enlighten”), {{cog|fr|illuminer}} French illuminer, {{der|en|la|illūmināre}} Latin illūmināre, {{glossary|present}} present, {{glossary|active}} active, {{glossary|infinitive}} infinitive, {{m|la|illūminō|t=to light up, illuminate; to brighten; to adorn; to make conspicuous}} illūminō (“to light up, illuminate; to brighten; to adorn; to make conspicuous”), {{m|la|il-}} il-, {{glossary|prefix}} prefix, {{glossary|intensifying}} intensifying, {{m|la|in-|pos=prefix meaning ‘in, within’; intensifying prefix}} in- (prefix meaning ‘in, within’; intensifying prefix), {{m|la|lūminō|t=to illuminate; to brighten; (figuratively) to reveal}} lūminō (“to illuminate; to brighten; (figuratively) to reveal”), {{m|la|lūmen|t=light; light source; (poetic) brightness; daylight}} lūmen (“light; light source; (poetic) brightness; daylight”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*lewk-|t=to shine; to see; bright}} Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“to shine; to see; bright”), {{glossary|suffix}} suffix, {{glossary|conjugation}} conjugation, {{glossary|verb}} verb, {{m|la|-ō|pos=suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs}} -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs) Head templates: {{en-verb}} illumine (third-person singular simple present illumines, present participle illumining, simple past and past participle illumined)
  1. Synonym of illuminate
    (transitive)
    (also figuratively) To shine light on (something).
    Tags: also, figuratively, transitive
    Sense id: en-illumine-en-verb-pCferFQU
  2. Synonym of illuminate
    (transitive)
    (also figuratively) To cause (something) to glow or shine with light.
    Tags: also, figuratively, transitive
    Sense id: en-illumine-en-verb-mXM7KJgT
  3. Synonym of illuminate
    (transitive)
    (figuratively)
    To enlighten (someone) spiritually; to induce (someone) to adopt, or believe in the truth of, a religion, religious tenet, etc.
    Tags: figuratively, transitive
    Sense id: en-illumine-en-verb-9V~t5M2T Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 6 19 6 6 18 6 6 24 6
  4. Synonym of illuminate
    (transitive)
    (figuratively)
    To cause (the eyes) to see.
    Tags: figuratively, transitive
    Sense id: en-illumine-en-verb-MtN-rYd-
  5. Synonym of illuminate
    (transitive)
    (figuratively)
    To cause (a person or their face) to show enlightenment, happiness, etc.
    Tags: figuratively, transitive
    Sense id: en-illumine-en-verb-7xHDrxOh
  6. Synonym of illuminate
    (transitive)
    (figuratively)
    (rare) To enlighten (someone) intellectually.
    Tags: figuratively, rare, transitive
    Sense id: en-illumine-en-verb-lATlHVs9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 6 19 6 6 18 6 6 24 6
  7. Synonym of illuminate
    (transitive)
    (figuratively)
    (art) To decorate (a page of a manuscript book) with ornamental designs.
    Tags: figuratively, transitive Categories (topical): Art
    Sense id: en-illumine-en-verb-JqidaBjL Topics: art, arts
  8. Synonym of illuminate
    (intransitive)
    To become bright; to light up.
    Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-illumine-en-verb-NF~W1i~t
  9. Synonym of illuminate
    (intransitive)
    (figuratively)
    To enlighten intellectually.
    Tags: figuratively, intransitive
    Sense id: en-illumine-en-verb-VhVlE8cL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 6 19 6 6 18 6 6 24 6
  10. Synonym of illuminate
    (intransitive)
    (figuratively)
    Of a person or their face: to show enlightenment, happiness, etc.
    Tags: figuratively, intransitive
    Sense id: en-illumine-en-verb-7lnr6jRR
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: illumined [adjective], illumining [adjective, noun], unillumined

Verb [French]

Head templates: {{head|fr|verb form}} illumine
  1. inflection of illuminer:
    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person
    Sense id: en-illumine-fr-verb-NjAcIUIX Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 67 33
  2. inflection of illuminer:
    second-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular
    Sense id: en-illumine-fr-verb-2tW7Vra9

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for illumine meaning in All languages combined (13.4kB)

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          "ref": "1798, [Thomas Maurice], “Concerning the Invasion of India by Semiramis, Queen of Assyria, as Detailed by Classical Writers; with Introductory Remarks Relative to the History of that Ancient Empire and Persia, as Given in the Poorauns. [Literal Translation of a Hymn to Creeshna, or the Sun, from an Ancient Irish Manuscript.]”, in General Valancey, transl., The History of Hindostan; Its Arts, and Its Sciences, as Connected with the History of the Other Great Empires of Asia, during the Most Ancient Periods of the World. […], volume II, London: […] H. L. Galabin, for the author; and sold by T. Gardiner, […], →OCLC, page 170",
          "text": "Thou [Krishna, or the sun] art the being to whom heroes pray in peril of war, nor are their supplications vain when thus they pray, whether it be when thou illuminest the eastern region with thy orient light, when in thy meridian splendour, or when thou majestically descendest in the west.",
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          "text": "Skill in invention, lucid arrangement and disposition of facts, are appreciated not by one passage, or by two, but gradually manifest themselves in the general structure of a work; but a sublime thought, if happily timed, illumines an entire subject with the vividness of a lightning-flash, and exhibits the whole power of the orator in a moment of time.",
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          "ref": "1798, [Thomas Maurice], “Concerning the Invasion of India by Semiramis, Queen of Assyria, as Detailed by Classical Writers; with Introductory Remarks Relative to the History of that Ancient Empire and Persia, as Given in the Poorauns. [Literal Translation of a Hymn to Creeshna, or the Sun, from an Ancient Irish Manuscript.]”, in General Valancey, transl., The History of Hindostan; Its Arts, and Its Sciences, as Connected with the History of the Other Great Empires of Asia, during the Most Ancient Periods of the World. […], volume II, London: […] H. L. Galabin, for the author; and sold by T. Gardiner, […], →OCLC, page 170",
          "text": "Thou [Krishna, or the sun] art the being to whom heroes pray in peril of war, nor are their supplications vain when thus they pray, whether it be when thou illuminest the eastern region with thy orient light, when in thy meridian splendour, or when thou majestically descendest in the west.",
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          "text": "Skill in invention, lucid arrangement and disposition of facts, are appreciated not by one passage, or by two, but gradually manifest themselves in the general structure of a work; but a sublime thought, if happily timed, illumines an entire subject with the vividness of a lightning-flash, and exhibits the whole power of the orator in a moment of time.",
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