01 adj. rendered luminous by rays of light striking and reflecting; -- used especially of illumination by artificial light.
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1.
rendered luminous by rays of light striking and reflecting; -- used especially of illumination by artificial light.
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2.
Adorned with pictorial or graphical designs, 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; as, an illuminated manuscript.
Syn.
lighted.