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.