单词 | luminate |
释义 | † luminateadj. Obsolete. Lighted. ΚΠ 1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus ii. f. 33v Thair luminat lampis of gret valour. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online June 2019). luminatev. Obsolete or archaic. transitive. To light up, illuminate adj. and n. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > illumination > illuminate [verb (transitive)] onlighteOE enlightOE alemeOE alightOE lightOE belighta1200 lightena1382 clear1382 alightenc1384 lumine1387 clarify1398 shine1398 shed1412 beamc1430 enlymec1440 illumine1447 enlumine1481 illustre1490 enclear1509 elumine1532 illuminate1535 unshadow1550 illightena1555 allumine1570 eluminate1580 unnight1594 enlighten1595 to strike up1598 illume1604 luminate1623 illustrate1625 unbenight1629 emblaze1637 burn1712 alluminate1726 lamp1808 enkindle1870 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Luminate, to giue light. 1693 W. de Britaine Humane Prudence (ed. 6) v. 36 Whether the Stars be but Earth luminated, as Thales maintained. 1799 H. Davy in T. Beddoes Contrib. Physical & Med. Knowl. 87 The atmosphere [above 45 miles high] is amazingly rare, being composed of phosoxygen highly luminated. 1813 T. Busby tr. Lucretius Nature of Things I. i. 634 Would proper principles in Nature lie, To furnish earth and luminate the sky? Derivatives ˈluminated adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > illumination > [adjective] > illuminated or lit up lightc1300 lightedc1450 illuminate?a1475 circumfulseda1513 illustrate1526 in light1534 lighted1596 illightened1609 enlightened1640 unblown1647 luminated1652 illuminated1664 lit1783 alight1817 lit-up1835 littena1849 light-struck1923 1652 E. Benlowes Theophila vii. xix. 97 The Stars..That stud the luminated Sphear. 1882 G. MacDonald Castle Warlock i. xx. 320 He had been inwardly beholding a large breadth of gently luminated spiritual sky. ˈluminating adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > illumination > [adjective] > that illuminates illuminating1632 illuminative1644 luminating1746 luminarious1773 luminant1891 1746 W. Watson in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 44 87 The luminating Power which is gained by Calcination. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < adj.1575v.1623 |
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