Meaning of ILLUMINATING
| Pronunciation: | | i'loomu`neyting
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- [adj] providing light; "the sun's illuminating rays"
- [adj] highly enlightening; making understandable or clarifying; "an illuminating lecture"; "illuminating pieces of information"
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| | Synonyms: | | enlightening, light |
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| | Antonyms: | | unenlightening, unilluminating | | |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Il*lu"mi*na`ting\, a.
Giving or producing light; used for illumination.
{Illuminating gas}. See {Gas}, n., 2
(a) .
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