luminate

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin luminatus, past participle of luminare (“to illumine”), from lumen (“light”). See limn.

Verb

luminate (third-person singular simple present luminates, present participle luminating, simple past and past participle luminated)

  1. (obsolete) To illuminate.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for luminate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Latin

Verb

lūmināte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of lūminō
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