1. Tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance
   "an illuminating lecture"
   - enlightening, informative

1. Make lighter or brighter
   - light, illume, illumine, light up 
2. Make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
   - clear, clear up, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise [Brit], crystalize, crystalise [Brit], straighten out, sort out, enlighten, elucidate 
3. Add embellishments and paintings to (medieval manuscripts)

See also: illuminant, illumination

Type of: adorn, beautify, clarify, clear up, decorate, elucidate, embellish, grace, lighten, lighten up, ornament

Encyclopedia: Illuminate

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