Usage examples "illuminate":
- Make a heap, so that when it is lighted it will illuminate the approach from the creek. - "Captured by the Navajos", Charles A. Curtis.
- That is one reason why the cabinet is employed, because that would shut off any form of light from the medium whilst the forms are building up; although on several occasions, from time to time, when the form has thus been built up fully, we have been able to use a red light strong enough to illuminate the whole of the room. - "Occultism and Common-Sense", Beckles Willson.
- Six silver- gilt arms, each supporting two candles, were attached to the tapestry at an equal distance, to illuminate the divan. - "The Thirteen", Honore de Balzac.