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Definition of Illuminates
1. illuminate [v] - See also: illuminate
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Literary usage of Illuminates
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1. A Pilgrimage to the Holy Land by Alphonse de Lamartine (1838)
"The sea is to the scenes of nature what the eye is to a fine countenance : it
illuminates them, it imparts to them that radiant physiognomy, ..."
2. Harvey and His Discovery by Jacob Mendes Da Costa (1878)
"A streak of sunshine fitfully illuminates a ridge, a puff of wind brings to view
a winding stream; but the mist deepens again, and the outlines fade away in ..."
3. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"... délier which illuminates this room on great occasions is attached to a handsome
formation that 'descends from the centre of the ceiling, as if designed ..."
4. A Selection from the Letters of the Late Sarah Grubb (formerly Sarah Lynes) by Sarah Grubb (1848)
"... the word of the Lord was like the lightning from the east, which illuminates
and breaks through all obstruction, to the exaltation of the Great Name. ..."
5. Lectures on the Results of the Great Exhibition of 1851: Delivered Before by Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain) (1852)
"... by which it is finally reflected, and illuminates, the wires only, leaving
the field in darkness, so that the observations of an extremely faint object ..."
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