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# illuminate

verb (illuminate, illuminates, illuminated, illuminating)

«illuminate» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To light something up; to shine light on it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/illuminate/#m1)
2. (formal) To make something clearer and easier to understand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/illuminate/#m2)
3. To decorate old books with bright pictures and gold, as in «illuminated manuscripts». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/illuminate/#m3)

### In the lessons

In science lessons, a torch illuminates an object so we can see it; the Sun illuminates the Moon. In history, monks made illuminated letters. In formal writing: «This example illuminates the problem.» Phrases: brightly illuminated, illuminate the room.

### Examples

- Street lamps illuminate the road at night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/illuminate/#x1)
- The Sun illuminates half of the Moon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/illuminate/#x2)
- Fireworks illuminated the sky. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/illuminate/#x3)
- Shine the torch to illuminate the cave wall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/illuminate/#x4)
- The teacher's drawing illuminated the hard idea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/illuminate/#x5)
- Monks illuminated the first letter of each page with gold. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/illuminate/#x6)
- The stage was illuminated by one bright spotlight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/illuminate/#x7)
- A single feather from its tail illuminates a dark room. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/illuminate/#x8)

### Note

Regular verb. Noun: illumination (also lights put up for a festival, as in «the Blackpool Illuminations»). Adjective: illuminating — helpful, making things clear. Formal; everyday word: light up.

## In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: In the Sefer Yetzirah's paths of wisdom, the Illuminating Intelligence is a stage of divine light that shines on all lights and passes influence on. In the primary lessons: In science lessons, a torch illuminates an object so we can see it; the Sun illuminates the Moon. In history, monks made illuminated letters. In formal writing: «This example illuminates the problem.» Phrases: brightly illuminated, illuminate the room.

### Examples

- The Fourteenth Path is the Illuminating Intelligence, and is so called because it is that ChashmaP which is (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/illuminate/#x1)
- It illuminates the splendor of all lights, and causes a supply of influence to emanate from the Prince of countenances. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/illuminate/#x2)
- It illuminates the splendour . of all the lights, and causes a supply of influence to emanate from the . (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/illuminate/#x3)

### Note

Regular verb. Noun: illumination (also lights put up for a festival, as in «the Blackpool Illuminations»). Adjective: illuminating — helpful, making things clear. Formal; everyday word: light up.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «illuminate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/illuminate/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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- [Trees and pragmatics of «illuminate» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/illuminate/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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