illuminate

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verb

1. make lighter or brighter (Freq. 9)
- This lamp lightens the room a bit
• Syn:
light, illume, illumine, light up
• Derivationally related forms:
illumination, illuminant, light (for: light)
• Hypernyms:
lighten, lighten up
• Hyponyms:
floodlight, spotlight
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. make free from confusion or ambiguity;
make clear (Freq. 5)
- Could you clarify these remarks?
- Clear up the question of who is at fault
• Syn:
clear, clear up, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise,
crystalize, crystalise, straighten out, sort out, enlighten, elucidate
• Derivationally related forms:
elucidative (for: elucidate), lucidity (for: elucidate), elucidation (for: elucidate), illumination
• Hypernyms:
clarify, clear up, elucidate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. add embellishments and paintings to (medieval manuscripts)
• Derivationally related forms:
illumination
• Topics:
art, artistic creation, artistic production
• Hypernyms:
decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify
• Hyponyms:
miniate, rubricate
• Entailment:
paint
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  light, illume, illumine, light up