Verb

(imitat)

To follow as a model or a pattern; to make a copy, counterpart or semblance of.

* 1870 , Shirley Hibberd, Rustic Adornments for Homes of Taste (page 170)

Another bird quickly learned to imitate the song of a canary that was mated with it, but as the parrakeet improved in the performance the canary degenerated, and came at last to mingle the other bird's harsh chitterings with its own proper music.

To copy.

Verb

(illuminat)

To shine light on something.

To decorate something with lights.

To clarify or make something understandable.

To decorate the page of a manuscript book with ornamental designs.

(figurative) To make spectacular.

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, year=2012 , date=June 2 , author= Phil McNulty , title=England 1-0 Belgium , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Hodgson's approach may not illuminate proceedings in Poland and Ukraine but early evidence suggests they will be tough to break down.}}

To glow; to light up.

* 1994 , Sylvia Carlson, ?Verne Carlson, Professional Cameraman's Handbook (ISBN 024080080X), page 494:

Red diode in button illuminates when camera runs at speed set in five-digit speed selector.

* 2011'/'''2012 , "Spectrum", written by Florence Welch and Paul Epworth, performed by (Florence and the Machine), released on the album ''Ceremonials (2011):

Say my name / and every color illuminates. / We are shining /

To be exposed to light.

(military) To direct a (radar) beam toward.