To illuminate, adorn (manuscripts) with coloured designs or miniatures. Also figurative.

transitive. To light up, illumine. †In early use, to illuminate (manuscripts or books); see limn, v.

transitive. To illuminate (letters, manuscripts, books). Also absol. Obsolete.

To embellish or ornament (a book, writing, etc.) with ‘flourishes’ (see flourish, n. 4b). †In early use also: To illuminate; to adorn with colour…

transitive. To illuminate (a book); = enlumine, v. 4.

transitive. To colour or paint with vermilion; to rubricate or (in extended use) to illuminate (a manuscript); (poetic) to impart a red colour or…

To decorate (an initial letter, word, or text, in a manuscript) with gold, silver, and brilliant colours, or with elaborate tracery and miniature…

transitive. To embellish (a manuscript) with miniatures. Obsolete. rare.

To illuminate (manuscripts, etc.); also figurative.

transitive. To illuminate (a manuscript, etc.); (also) to light up, decorate with lights.