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"text": "Nero illuminated his gardens with live Christians soaked in tar, and we were now treated to a similar spectacle, probably for the first time since his day, only happily our lamps were not living ones.",
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"text": "A light that is one foot away from the subject's face will completely illuminate the face, but leave the rest of the body softer and darker.",
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"text": "Jan and Maidi, a lesbian couple, do a very funny routine illuminating the simplicity of the alternative fertilization process and even go so far as to recommend the most suitable receptacles for the semen: marinated artichoke heart jars.",
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"nocap": "1",
"t2": "light up"
},
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"name": "af"
},
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"3": "",
"4": "to glow, shine"
},
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"name": "cog"
}
],
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"third-person"
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{
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},
{
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"past"
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},
{
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}
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"word": "glisten"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:illuminate",
"word": "flash"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:illuminate",
"word": "shine"
}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
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{
"word": "luminous"
},
{
"word": "lumens"
}
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{
"ref": "1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:",
"text": "Nero illuminated his gardens with live Christians soaked in tar, and we were now treated to a similar spectacle, probably for the first time since his day, only happily our lamps were not living ones.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2006, Michael Grecco, Lighting and the Dramatic Portrait, Amphoto Books, →ISBN, page 40:",
"text": "A light that is one foot away from the subject's face will completely illuminate the face, but leave the rest of the body softer and darker.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"To shine light on something."
],
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"shine"
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[
"light",
"light"
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"(transitive) To shine light on something."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
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],
"glosses": [
"To decorate something with lights."
],
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],
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"(transitive) To decorate something with lights."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
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"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1984 December 8, Ellen Grabiner, “A Candid Portrait of Choosing Children”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 21, page 10:",
"text": "Jan and Maidi, a lesbian couple, do a very funny routine illuminating the simplicity of the alternative fertilization process and even go so far as to recommend the most suitable receptacles for the semen: marinated artichoke heart jars.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"To clarify or make something understandable."
],
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"clarify",
"clarify"
],
[
"understandable",
"understandable"
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],
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"(transitive, figurative) To clarify or make something understandable."
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"To decorate the page of a manuscript book with ornamental designs."
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[
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[
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"(transitive) To decorate the page of a manuscript book with ornamental designs."
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{
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"examples": [
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"ref": "2012 June 2, Phil McNulty, “England 1-0 Belgium”, in BBC Sport:",
"text": "Hodgson's approach may not illuminate proceedings in Poland and Ukraine but early evidence suggests they will be tough to break down.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To make spectacular."
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"(transitive, figurative) To make spectacular."
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"transitive"
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"English terms with quotations"
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "1994, Sylvia Carlson, Verne Carlson, Professional Cameraman's Handbook, →ISBN, page 494:",
"text": "Red diode in button illuminates when camera runs at speed set in five-digit speed selector.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2011/2012, \"Spectrum\", written by Florence Welch and Paul Epworth, performed by Florence and the Machine, released on the album Ceremonials (2011)",
"text": "Say my name / and every color illuminates. / We are shining / […]"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To glow; to light up."
],
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"glow"
],
[
"light up",
"light up"
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"(intransitive) To glow; to light up."
],
"tags": [
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"To be exposed to light."
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"(intransitive) To be exposed to light."
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"intransitive"
]
},
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"To direct a radar beam toward."
],
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"(transitive, military) To direct a radar beam toward."
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"military",
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"war"
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"sense": "shine light on something",
"word": "belight"
},
{
"word": "enlighten"
},
{
"word": "illumine"
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{
"sense": "make something understandable",
"word": "bring home"
},
{
"sense": "make something understandable",
"word": "clarify"
},
{
"sense": "make something understandable",
"word": "elucidate"
},
{
"sense": "make something understandable",
"word": "explicitize"
},
{
"sense": "make something understandable",
"word": "sort out"
},
{
"sense": "make something understandable",
"word": "straighten out"
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{
"sense": "decorate the page of a manuscript book",
"word": "illustrate"
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{
"word": "quill"
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{
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},
{
"word": "shine"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:illuminate",
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},
{
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:illuminate",
"word": "fire"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:illuminate",
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},
{
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"word": "illuminate"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:illuminate",
"word": "irradiate"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:illuminate",
"word": "light"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:illuminate",
"word": "lighten"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:illuminate",
"word": "light up"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:illuminate",
"tags": [
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"word": "luster"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:illuminate",
"tags": [
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"word": "lustrate"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:illuminate",
"word": "shed light on"
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "lusavorel",
"sense": "to shine light on something",
"word": "լուսավորել"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to shine light on something",
"word": "işıqlandırmaq"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "osvetjavam",
"sense": "to shine light on something",
"word": "осветявам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to shine light on something",
"word": "il·luminar"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhàoliàng",
"sense": "to shine light on something",
"word": "照亮"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhàomíng",
"sense": "to shine light on something",
"word": "照明"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to shine light on something",
"word": "osvětlit"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to shine light on something",
"word": "osvětlovat"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to shine light on something",
"word": "belichten"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to shine light on something",
"word": "ilumini"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "to shine light on something",
"word": "valgustama"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to shine light on something",
"word": "valaista"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to shine light on something",
"word": "illuminer"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to shine light on something",
"word": "iluminar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to shine light on something",
"word": "alumear"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to shine light on something",
"word": "beleuchten"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to shine light on something",
"word": "erhellen"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "phōtízō",
"sense": "to shine light on something",
"word": "φωτίζω"
},
{
"code": "gn",
"lang": "Guaraní",
"sense": "to shine light on something",
"word": "hesape"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to shine light on something",
"word": "megvilágít"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to shine light on something",
"word": "lumizar"
},
{
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "to shine light on something",
"word": "illuminar"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to shine light on something",
"word": "illuminare"
},
{
"alt": "てらす",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "terasu",
"sense": "to shine light on something",
"word": "照らす"
},
{
"alt": "しょうめいする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shōmei-suru",
"sense": "to shine light on something",
"word": "照明する"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "jaryqtandyru",
"sense": "to shine light on something",
"word": "жарықтандыру"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to shine light on something",
"word": "illuminare"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "to shine light on something",
"word": "apšviesti"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to shine light on something",
"word": "tūrama"
},
{
"code": "mwl",
"lang": "Mirandese",
"sense": "to shine light on something",
"word": "alhumbrar"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to shine light on something",
"word": "illeuminner"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to shine light on something",
"word": "iluminować"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to shine light on something",
"word": "oświetlać"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to shine light on something",
"word": "iluminar"
},
{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "to shine light on something",
"word": "achikyay"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to shine light on something",
"word": "ilumina"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to shine light on something",
"word": "lumina"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "osveščátʹ",
"sense": "to shine light on something",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "освеща́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "osvetítʹ",
"sense": "to shine light on something",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "освети́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to shine light on something",
"word": "iluminar"
},
{
"code": "xto",
"lang": "Tocharian A",
"sense": "to shine light on something",
"word": "luk-"
},
{
"code": "txb",
"lang": "Tocharian B",
"sense": "to shine light on something",
"word": "luk-"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "osvítljuvaty",
"sense": "to shine light on something",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "осві́тлювати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "osvitlýty",
"sense": "to shine light on something",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "освітли́ти"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to decorate something with lights",
"word": "verlichten"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to decorate something with lights",
"word": "illumineren"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to decorate something with lights",
"word": "illuminieren"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to decorate something with lights",
"word": "iluminar"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "astyñğy jağynan jaryq tüsıru",
"sense": "to decorate something with lights",
"word": "астыңғы жағынан жарық түсіру"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "büiırden səulelendıru",
"sense": "to decorate something with lights",
"word": "бүйірден сəулелендіру"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to decorate something with lights",
"word": "iluminar"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to decorate something with lights",
"word": "ilumina"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podsvetítʹ",
"sense": "to decorate something with lights",
"word": "подсвети́ть"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "razjasnjavam",
"sense": "to clarify or make something understandable",
"word": "разяснявам"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to clarify or make something understandable",
"word": "verhelderen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to clarify or make something understandable",
"word": "valaista"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to clarify or make something understandable",
"word": "megvilágít"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to clarify or make something understandable",
"word": "megmagyaráz"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to clarify or make something understandable",
"word": "megértet"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to clarify or make something understandable",
"word": "klarigar"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to clarify or make something understandable",
"word": "illuminare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to clarify or make something understandable",
"word": "chiarire"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "tüsındıru",
"sense": "to clarify or make something understandable",
"word": "түсіндіру"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "ağartu",
"sense": "to clarify or make something understandable",
"word": "ағарту"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to clarify or make something understandable",
"word": "clarificar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to clarify or make something understandable",
"word": "clarear"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to clarify or make something understandable",
"word": "clarifica"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "razʺjasnjátʹ",
"sense": "to clarify or make something understandable",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "разъясня́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "razʺjasnítʹ",
"sense": "to clarify or make something understandable",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "разъясни́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prosvetítʹ",
"sense": "to clarify or make something understandable",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "просвети́ть"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "osvítljuvaty",
"sense": "to clarify or make something understandable",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "осві́тлювати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "osvitlýty",
"sense": "to clarify or make something understandable",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "освітли́ти"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ukrasjavam s risunki",
"sense": "to decorate the page of a manuscript book with ornamental designs",
"word": "украсявам с рисунки"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to decorate the page of a manuscript book with ornamental designs",
"word": "verluchten"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to decorate the page of a manuscript book with ornamental designs",
"word": "verluchtigen"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to decorate the page of a manuscript book with ornamental designs",
"word": "iluminar"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to decorate the page of a manuscript book with ornamental designs",
"word": "ábrákkal díszít"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to decorate the page of a manuscript book with ornamental designs",
"word": "enluminar"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to decorate the page of a manuscript book with ornamental designs",
"word": "maisigh"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to decorate the page of a manuscript book with ornamental designs",
"word": "miniare"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to decorate the page of a manuscript book with ornamental designs",
"word": "iluminar"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to decorate the page of a manuscript book with ornamental designs",
"word": "decora"
}
],
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"text": "February 28 1630, Joseph Hall, The Hypocrite\ndo ye see an illuminate elder of the anabaptists rapt in divine ecstasies?"
}
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