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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ILLU'MINATED, pp. Enlightened; rendered light or luminous; illustrated; adorned with pictures, as books.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: provided with artificial light; "illuminated advertising"; "looked up at the lighted windows"; "a brightly lit room"; "a well-lighted stairwell" [syn: illuminated, lighted, lit, well-lighted]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Illuminate Il*lu"mi*nate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Illuminated; p. pr. & vb. n. Illuminating.] [L. illuminatus, p. p. of illuminare; pref. il- in + luminare to enlighten, fr. lumen light. See Luminous, and cf. Illume, Illumine, Enlimn, Limn.] 1. To make light; to throw light on; to supply with light, literally or figuratively; to brighten. 2. To light up; to decorate with artificial lights, as a building or city, in token of rejoicing or respect. 3. To adorn, as a book or page with borders, initial letters, or miniature pictures in colors and gold, as was done in manuscripts of the Middle Ages. 4. To make plain or clear; to dispel the obscurity to by knowledge or reason; to explain; to elucidate; as, to illuminate a text, a problem, or a duty.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Something that is illuminated is lit up, usually by electric lighting. ...an illuminated sign... ADJ

Moby Thesaurus

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