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illuminate

/ɪˈl(j)umɪneɪt/ verbe B1

En français : illuminer

  1. To shine light on something. (transitive)
  2. To decorate something with lights. (transitive)
  3. To clarify or make something understandable. (figuratively, transitive)
  4. To decorate the page of a manuscript book with ornamental designs. (transitive)
  5. To make spectacular. (figuratively, transitive)
  6. To glow; to light up. (intransitive)
  7. To be exposed to light. (intransitive)
  8. To direct a radar beam toward. (transitive)

He/she/it illuminates · Prétérit illuminated · Participe passé illuminated · Forme en -ing illuminating

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Participe passé
illuminated
Forme en -ing
illuminating

Dans la bibliothèque

No one could deny that the rooms were splendidly illuminated; the light streamed forth on the gilt mouldings and the silk hangings; and all the bad taste of decorations, which had only their richness to boast of, shone in its splendor.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 967 · C1
“And look at this!” He held the lamp down and illuminated a smudge of blood like the mark of a boot-sole upon the wooden sill.
The Valley of Fear, p. 28 · C1
They consisted of a couple of comfortable bed-rooms and a single large airy sitting-room, cheerfully furnished, and illuminated by two broad windows.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 11 · B2
On the bed, at full length, and faintly illuminated by the pale light that came from the window, lay a sack of canvas, and under its rude folds was stretched a long and stiffened form; it was Faria’s last winding-sheet,—a winding-sheet which, as the turnkey said, cost so little.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 213 · C1

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