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illuminative, a. (n.)|ɪˈl(j)uːmɪneɪtɪv, -ətɪv|
[f. L. illūmināt-, ppl. stem of illūmināre to illuminate: see -ative. Cf. F. illuminatif (15th c., Gerson).]
1. Having the property of illuminating, lighting up, or affording light.
1644Digby Two Treat. i. iv. (1645) 38 The illuminative action of fire. 1706Phillips, Illuminative Month,..that space of Time, during which the Moon gives Light, or is to be seen betwixt one Conjunction and another. 1870J. Scoffern Stray Leaves Science 106 Carbon..united with hydrogen..becomes ordinary illuminative gas.
fig.1855Carlyle in Wemyss Reid Life Ld. Houghton (1891) I. xi. 526 The sight of your face will be illuminative to everybody in these premises.
2. Having the quality or claim of illuminating spiritually or intellectually; spec. applied to the second stage of spiritual advancement: see quots.
1649Jer. Taylor Gt. Exemp. i. v. iii. 90 After..the punitive part of repentance is resolved on, and begun, and put forward..we then enter into the illuminative way of religion; and set upon the acquist of virtues and the purchase of spiritual graces. 1654Gayton Pleas. Notes iv. xxv. 287 Illuminative and inspired physick he detested. 1669Woodhead St. Teresa i. xxii. (1671) 144 After many yeares first passed through the Purgative way, and some advance made in the Illuminative. 1830Southey in For. Rev. & Cent. Misc. V. 318 The purgative, illuminative, and unitive stages of devotion. 1858Carlyle Fredk. Gt. vi. vii. II. 108 A glimpse into the interior of the Berlin Schloss..which will be illuminative to the reader. 1872Liddon Elem. Relig. iv. 129 Revelation must be not merely illuminative, but remedial.
b. Const. of. rare.
1701Norris Ideal World i. iii. 157 Upon the contrary supposition, that of God's knowing the creatures in themselves, the consequence will be, that the creatures are freely illuminative of their Creator.
3. Pertaining to the illumination of writing.
1870T. Nichols Handy Bk. Brit. Mus. iv. 393 The finest and richest specimen of Anglo-Saxon illuminative art.
B. n. An illuminating agent. rare.
a1711Ken Hymnotheo Poet. Wks. 1721 III. 246 The Book inspir'd..There all Inflammatives of Love Divine; There all sublime Illuminatives shine. |