Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to illuminate
Participle: illuminated
Gerund: illuminating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | illuminate |
| you | illuminate |
| he;she;it | illuminates |
| we | illuminate |
| you | illuminate |
| they | illuminate |
Perfect
| I | have illuminated |
| you | have illuminated |
| he;she;it | has illuminated |
| we | have illuminated |
| you | have illuminated |
| they | have illuminated |
Past
| I | illuminated |
| you | illuminated |
| he;she;it | illuminated |
| we | illuminated |
| you | illuminated |
| they | illuminated |
Pluperfect
| I | had illuminated |
| you | had illuminated |
| he;she;it | had illuminated |
| we | had illuminated |
| you | had illuminated |
| they | had illuminated |
Future
| I | will illuminate |
| you | will illuminate |
| he;she;it | will illuminate |
| we | will illuminate |
| you | will illuminate |
| they | will illuminate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have illuminated |
| you | will have illuminated |
| he;she;it | will have illuminated |
| we | will have illuminated |
| you | will have illuminated |
| they | will have illuminated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | illuminate |
| you | illuminate |
| he;she;it | illuminate |
| we | illuminate |
| you | illuminate |
| they | illuminate |
Perfect
| I | have illuminated |
| you | have illuminated |
| he;she;it | have illuminated |
| we | have illuminated |
| you | have illuminated |
| they | have illuminated |
Imperfect
| I | illuminated |
| you | illuminated |
| he;she;it | illuminated |
| we | illuminated |
| you | illuminated |
| they | illuminated |
Pluperfect
| I | had illuminated |
| you | had illuminated |
| he;she;it | had illuminated |
| we | had illuminated |
| you | had illuminated |
| they | had illuminated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would illuminate |
| you | would illuminate |
| he;she;it | would illuminate |
| we | would illuminate |
| you | would illuminate |
| they | would illuminate |
Perfect
| I | would have illuminated |
| you | would have illuminated |
| he;she;it | would have illuminated |
| we | would have illuminated |
| you | would have illuminated |
| they | would have illuminated |
Imperative
| you | illuminate |
| we | Let's illuminate |
| you | illuminate |
Verbs conjugated like 'illuminate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'illuminate'
illucidate,
illumine,
illuminize,
illuviate,
luminate,
reilluminate,
accuminate,
acuminate,
alluviate,
bituminate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- decorate something with lights
- decorate
- decorate the page of a manuscript book
- decorate
- to glow; to light up
- shine
- to supply with light
- belight, beshine, enlighten, illume, illumine, illustrate, irradiate, light, light up, lighten, shed light on
- to glow
- shine
- light
- lighten, illumine, illume
- edify
- enlighten, explain, illustrate, inform, elucidate, illumine, irradiate, improve
Antonyms
- to supply with light
- endarken
- light
- darkness, blackness, death, confusion
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English illuminaten, borrowed from Latin illūminātus, perfect passive participle of illūminō (“lighten, light up, show off”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) for more), from in + lūminō (“light up”), from lūmen (“light”). Cognate with Old English lȳman (“to glow, shine”). More at leam.
Sample Sentences
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[...] hoisted by cords to poles, and dangling there, announce, as you may see by looking up, ‘OYSTERS IN EVERY STYLE. ’ They tempt the hungry most at night, for then dull candles glimmering inside, illuminate these dainty words, and make the mouths of idlers water, as they read and linger.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] for the free circulation of air. There were a great many boarders in it; and as many lights sparkled and glistened from the windows down into the street below, when we drove up, as if it had been illuminated on some occasion of rejoicing. It is an excellent house, and the proprietors have most bountiful notions of providing the creature comforts. Dining alone with my wife in our own room, one day, I [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)