So ill-tempered I am grown, that I am afraid I shall catch cold,
while all the world is afraid to melt away.
Pepys.
Ill"-timed` (?), a. Done, attempted, or said, at an unsuitable or
unpropitious time.
Ill`treat" (?), v. t. To treat cruelly or improperly; to ill use; to
maltreat.
Il*lude" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Illuded; p. pr. & vb. n. Illuding.]
[L. illudere, illusum; pref. il- in + ludere to play: cf. OF. illuder.
See Ludicrous.] To play upon by artifice; to deceive; to mock; to
excite and disappoint the hopes of.
Il*lume" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Illumed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Illuming.] [Cf. F. illuminer. See Illuminate.] To throw or spread light
upon; to make light or bright; to illuminate; to illumine. Shak.
The mountain's brow, Illumed with fluid gold.
Thomson.
Il*lu"mi*na*ble (?), a. Capable of being illuminated.
Il*lu"mi*nant (?), n. [L. illuminans, -antis, p. pr. of illuminare.]
That which illuminates or affords light; as, gas and petroleum are
illuminants. Boyle.
Il*lu"mi*na*ry (?), a. Illuminative.
Il*lu"mi*nate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Illuminated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Illuminating (?).] [L. illuminatus, p. p. of illuminare; pref. il- in +
luminare to enlighten, fr. lumen light. See Luminous, and cf. Illume,
Illumine, Enlimn, Limn.] 1. To make light; to throw light on; to supply
with light, literally or figuratively; to brighten.
2. To light up; to decorate with artificial lights, as a building or
city, in token of rejoicing or respect.
3. To adorn, as a book or page with borders, initial letters, or
miniature pictures in colors and gold, as was done in manuscripts of
the Middle Ages.
4. To make plain or clear; to dispel the obscurity to by knowledge or
reason; to explain; to elucidate; as, to illuminate a text, a problem,
or a duty.
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Il*lu"mi*nate (?), v. i. To light up in token or rejoicing.
Il*lu"mi*nate (?), a. [L. illuminatus, p. p.] Enlightened. Bp. Hall.
Il*lu"mi*nate, n. One who is enlightened; esp., a pretender to
extraordinary light and knowledge.
||Il*lu`mi*na"ti (?), n. pl. [L. illuminatus. See Illuminate, v. t.,
||and cf. Illuminee.] Literally, those who are enlightened; --
||variously applied as follows: --
||
1. (Eccl.) Persons in the early church who had received baptism; in
which ceremony a lighted taper was given them, as a symbol of the
spiritual illumination they has received by that sacrament.
2. (Eccl. Hist.) Members of a sect which sprung up in Spain about the
year 1575. Their principal doctrine was, that, by means of prayer, they
had attained to so perfect a state as to have no need of ordinances,
sacraments, good works, etc.; -- called also Alumbrados,
Perfectibilists, etc.
3. (Mod. Hist.) Members of certain associations in Modern Europe, who
combined to promote social reforms, by which they expected to raise men
and society to perfection, esp. of one originated in 1776 by Adam
Weishaupt, professor of canon law at Ingolstadt, which spread rapidly
for a time, but ceased after a few years.
4. Also applied to: (a) An obscure sect of French Familists; (b) The
Hesychasts, Mystics, and Quietists; (c) The Rosicrucians.
5. Any persons who profess special spiritual or intellectual
enlightenment.
Il*lu"mi*na`ting (?), a. Giving or producing light; used for
illumination.
Illuminating gas. See Gas, n., 2 (a).
Il*lu`mi*na"tion (?), n. [L. illuminatio: cf. F. illumination.] 1. The
act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being
illuminated.