单词 | illuminator |
释义 | illuminatorn. 1. a. He who or that which illuminates or gives light; an illuminating agent. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > illumination > [noun] > one who or that which illuminates lightc1325 alumerea1350 lanternc1374 lightenera1382 light-givera1382 light-makera1425 illuminera1500 illuminator1598 illuminant1644 emblazer1776 luminant18.. 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Illuminatore, an illuminator or light-giuer. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Illuminator, one who gives light. 1834 New Monthly Mag. 42 260 Steam and gas..are the grand facilitators and illuminators of the intercourse of the most distant provinces. 1883 Cent. Mag. 26 339 To produce a cheap illuminator from water. b. technical. Applied to various instruments or devices. (a) In a microscope or other optical instrument: A lens or mirror for concentrating the light. (b) In Surgery: An instrument for directing a strong light into any cavity of the body, or for illuminating an internal part. (c) A glazed opening in a floor, the deck of a ship, etc., to admit light to the part beneath. ΚΠ 1837 C. R. Goring & A. Pritchard Micrographia 9 Fig. 4 is an illuminator for opaque objects. 2. One who illuminates or enlightens spiritually.The earliest sense in English. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > [noun] > according to other attributes horn of salvation (health)c825 fatherOE Our FatherOE leecha1200 searcher of (men's) heartsa1382 untempter1382 headstone of the cornerc1400 Valentinec1450 illuminator1485 sun?1521 righteous maker1535 shepherd1535 verity1535 strengthener1567 gracer1592 heart-searcher1618 heartbreaker1642 sustainera1680 philanthropist1730 the invisible1781 praise1782 All-Father1814 wisdom1855 omniscient1856 engracer1866 inbreather1873 God of the gaps1933 the great —— in the sky1968 1485 W. Caxton tr. Thystorye & Lyf Charles the Grete sig. avij/1 The holy ghoost confirmatour and Illumynatour of al good werkes. a1711 T. Ken Wks. (1721) I. 180 For heav'nly Truth dispos'd, Then their Illuminatour they adore. 1866 J. G. Murphy Crit. Comm. Exodus xxviii. 30 The Lord above is the great Illuminator of the darkened soul. 3. One who enlightens intellectually, who imparts instruction or knowledge; applied contemptuously to the 18th century Illuminati. ΘΚΠ society > education > teaching > teacher > [noun] > enlightener illuminerc1450 enlightener1582 illuminator1777 the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > rationalism > [noun] > philosophy of the Enlightenment > adherent of illuminator1777 Illuminé1794 Aufklärer1801 illuminist1840 illuminatist1851 the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > rationalism > [noun] > philosophy of the Enlightenment > system of the French encyclopedists > adherent of philosophister1704 illuminator1777 philosophe1779 philosophist1798 1777 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4, quarto) IV. Advt. sig. a2v That wonderful man, (after Ray) the greatest illuminator of the study of Nature. 1790 Hist. Europe in Ann. Reg. 11/1 The new illuminators, who despised all experience, and disdained all wisdom but their own. 1809–10 S. T. Coleridge Friend (1865) 214 The light of philosophy, when it is confined to a small minority, points out the possessors as the victims, rather than the illuminators, of the multitude. 1862 F. Hall tr. N. N. Gore Rational Refut. Hindu Philos. Syst. 215 (note) It is one's self that apprehends, and..the illuminator desiderated by the Vedántins is superfluous. ΚΠ 1605 R. Verstegan Restit. Decayed Intelligence vii. 203 The poet Geffrey Chaucer, who..is of some called the first illuminator of the English toung. 5. One who embellishes letters with gold and colours, or manuscripts with ornamental writing so embellished: see illuminate v. 8. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > writer > manuscript illuminator > [noun] luminer1330 limner1389 vermilion-writerc1470 alluminor?1533 illuminera1661 illuminator1699 illuminist1816 illuminatist1845 miniaturist1851 miniator1865 1655 T. Fuller Hist. Univ. Cambr. ii. 24 in Church-hist. Brit. Illuminatores, such as gave light and lustre to Manuscripts.] 1699 H. Wanley in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Lit. Men (1843) (Camden) 286 It seems to me to have been the name..of the Illuminator. 1708 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. 8 Oct. (O.H.S.) II. 138 They are..of a..large size for ye use of ye Illuminators. 1762 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting I. ii. 40 The most valuable artists of that age were the illuminators of manuscripts. 1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands II. 244 Fra Angelico, educated as an illuminator of manuscripts. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1485 |
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