ILLUMINATE

I. adjective Date: 15th century brightened with light, intellectually or spiritually enlightened, II. transitive verb (-nated; -nating) see: luminary Date: 15th century 1. to enlighten spiritually or intellectually, b. to supply or brighten with light, to make luminous or shining, to set alight, to subject to radiation, 2. to make clear ; elucidate , to bring to the fore ; highlight , to make illustrious or resplendent, to decorate (as a manuscript) with gold or silver or brilliant colors or with often elaborate designs or miniature pictures, illuminatingly adverb illuminator noun III. noun Date: 1600 one having or claiming unusual enlightenment