Luminate

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To illuminate. obsolete

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brightenenlightenfloodlighthighlightilluminateirradiate

Etymology

First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin luminātus, perfect passive participle of luminō (“to illuminate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from lumen (“light”). See limn.

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