Word Meanings - IRRADIANT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Irradiating or illuminating; as, the irradiant moon. Boyse.

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• ILLUMINATE
  in + luminare to enlighten, fr. lumen light. See Luminous, and cf. 1. To make light; to throw light on; to supply with light, literally or figuratively; to brighten. 2. To light up; to decorate with artificial lights, as a building or city, in
• IRRADIATION
  The apparent enlargement of a bright object seen upon a dark ground, due to the fact that the portions of the retina around the image are stimulated by the intense light; as when a dark spot on a white ground appears smaller, or a white spot on
• ILLUMINATI
  Literally, those who are enlightened; -- variously applied as follows: -
• IRRADIATE
  1. To throw rays of light upon; to illuminate; to brighten; to adorn with luster. Thy smile irradiates yon blue fields. Sir W. Jones. 2. To enlighten intellectually; to illuminate; as, to irradiate the mind. Bp. Bull. 3. To animate by
• IRRADIANT
  Irradiating or illuminating; as, the irradiant moon. Boyse.
• ILLUMINATOR
  1. One whose occupation is to adorn books, especially manuscripts, with miniatures, borders, etc. See Illuminate, v. t., 3. 2. A condenser or reflector of light in optical apparatus; also, an illuminant.
• ILLUMINATING
  Giving or producing light; used for illumination. Illuminating gas. See Gas, n., 2 .
• ILLUMINATISM
  Illuminism.
• ILLUMINATION
  The special communication of knowledge to the mind by God; inspiration. Hymns and psalms . . . are framed by meditation beforehand, or by prophetical illumination are inspired. Hooker. (more info) 1. The act of illuminating, or supplying
• ILLUMINATIVE
  Tending to illuminate or illustrate; throwing light; illustrative. "Illuminative reading." Carlyle.
• REILLUMINATE
  To enlighten again; to reillumine.
• REILLUMINATION
  The act or process of enlightening again.