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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Illuminating \Il*lu"mi*na`ting\, a.
Giving or producing light; used for illumination.
{Illuminating gas}. See {Gas}, n., 2
a .
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
illuminating
adj 1: highly enlightening; making understandable or clarifying;
"an illuminating lecture"; "illuminating pieces of
information" [syn: {enlightening}] [ant: {unilluminating}]
2: providing light; "the sun's illuminating rays"
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