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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
illuminating
    adj 1: tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance; "an
           enlightening glimpse of government in action"; "an
           illuminating lecture" [syn: enlightening,
           informative, illuminating] [ant: unenlightening,
           unilluminating]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Illuminate \Il*lu"mi*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Illuminated;
   p. pr. & vb. n. Illuminating.] [L. illuminatus, p. p. of
   illuminare; pref. il- in + luminare to enlighten, fr. lumen
   light. See Luminous, and cf. Illume, Illumine,
   Enlimn, Limn.]
   1. To make light; to throw light on; to supply with light,
      literally or figuratively; to brighten.
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   2. To light up; to decorate with artificial lights, as a
      building or city, in token of rejoicing or respect.
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   3. To adorn, as a book or page with borders, initial letters,
      or miniature pictures in colors and gold, as was done in
      manuscripts of the Middle Ages.
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   4. To make plain or clear; to dispel the obscurity to by
      knowledge or reason; to explain; to elucidate; as, to
      illuminate a text, a problem, or a duty.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Illuminating \Il*lu"mi*na`ting\, a.
   Giving or producing light; used for illumination.
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   Illuminating gas. See Gas, n., 2
   (a) .
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Thesaurus Results for Illuminating:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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