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luminate

luminate verb: to illuminate.

Verb

luminate (third-person singular simple present luminates, present participle luminating, simple past and past participle luminated)

  1. (obsolete) To illuminate.

Forms of luminate

third-person singular presentluminates
present participleluminating
past participleluminated
pastluminated

Origin of luminate

First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin luminātus, perfect passive participle of luminō (“to illuminate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from lumen (“light”). See limn.

Words formed from luminate

Questions about luminate

What does luminate mean?
Luminate means to illuminate.
What part of speech is luminate?
Luminate is a verb.
What is the past tense of luminate?
The past tense of luminate is luminated.

Words near luminate in the dictionary

  1. luminaries
  2. luminarium
  3. luminariums
  4. luminary
  5. luminase
  6. luminate
  7. luminated
  8. luminates
  9. luminating
  10. lumination
  11. luminations

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