illuminated

comparative more illuminated · superlative most illuminated

1. Irradiated by light, lit.

   A flash of emerald light briefly illuminated the forest, and the stone vanished.

   2003, Christopher Paolini, “Prologue: Shade of Fear”, in Eragon, page 4

   Synonyms: lighted, lit up, light

2. Decorated and illustrated.

   From this list are purposely omitted books printed upon vellum, Books of Hours of the Virgin Mary, and illuminated books; for these are rarities within reach of the wealthy only.

   1922, P. B. M. Allan, chapter VIII, in The Book-Hunter at Home, 2nd edition, London: Philip Allan & Co., page 203

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   On the table lay an illuminated missal and a silver crucifix. The Abbess herself was seated in the chair—pale, abstracted, and with features whose expression, in repose at least, was severe.

   1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter X, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 205

1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of illuminate