1. Provided with artificial light
   "illuminated advertising";
   - lighted, lit, well-lighted

1. Introduce light into
   "The rising sun illuminated the valley";
   - light, illume [archaic], illumine, light up
    
2. Make clear or more understandable; remove confusion or ambiguity
   "The diagram illuminated the process";
   - clear, clear up, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise [Brit], crystalize [US, rare], straighten out, sort out, enlighten, elucidate
    
3. Add embellishments and paintings to (medieval manuscripts)
   "Monks illuminated the pages of ancient texts"

See also: light

Type of: adorn, beautify, clarify, clear up, decorate, elucidate, embellish, fancify, grace, lighten, lighten up, ornament

Encyclopedia: Illuminated