Definitions
introduce light into
Word origin
From Middle English illuminaten, borrowed from Latin illūminātus, perfect passive participle of illūminō (“lighten, light up, show off”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) for more), from in + lūminō (“light up”), from lūmen (“light”). Cognate with Old English lȳman (“to glow, shine”). More at leam.
Used in a sentence
“Nero illuminated his gardens with live Christians soaked in tar, and we were now treated to a similar spectacle, probably for the first time since his day, only happily our lamps were not living ones.”
“A light that is one foot away from the subject's face will completely illuminate the face, but leave the rest of the body softer and darker.”
“Riding along the busy, narrow roads of Bali on her scooter with the sun illuminating her face, Victoria Kjos has a clear destination in sight — the beach.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Add light”10 letters
02“Light up”10 letters
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