† alluminatev.
Obsolete.
transitive. To illuminate (a manuscript, etc.); (also) to light up, decorate with lights.
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the world > matter > light > illumination > illuminate [verb (transitive)]
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1726 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 3) Alluminate, to enlighten, to give Grace, Light, and Ornament to the Letter he paints.
1768 W. Hooper tr. J. F. von Bielfeld Lett. I. viii. 77 We found all Breslaw as light as at noon-day, by the many thousand lamps... The Jesuits, the Carmelites, and Capuchins, were at no small expence in alluminating their monastrys in a pompous manner.
1844 J. Everett Adam Clarke Portrayed II. iii. iv. 276 He had the successive liberties of the people, accurately copied from the originals;..these were all coloured and alluminated by his own hand, framed, and properly arranged.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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