Part 5551

<h1>Ill-starred</h1> <Xpage=728>

<hw>Ill"-starred`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Fated to be unfortunate; unlucky; <as>as, an <ex>ill-starred</ex> man or day</as>.</def>

<h1>Ill-tempered</h1> <Xpage=728>

<hw>Ill`-tem"pered</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Of bad temper; morose; crabbed; sour; peevish; fretful; quarrelsome.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Unhealthy; ill-conditioned.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>So <b>ill-tempered</b> I am grown, that I am afraid I shall catch cold, while all the world is afraid to melt away. <i>Pepys.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Ill-timed</h1> <Xpage=728>

<hw>Ill"-timed`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Done, attempted, or said, at an unsuitable or unpropitious time.</def>

<h1>Illtreat</h1> <Xpage=728>

<hw>Ill`treat"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To treat cruelly or improperly; to ill use; to maltreat.</def>

<h1>Illude</h1> <Xpage=728>

<hw>Il*lude"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Illuded</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Illuding</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>illudere</ets>, <ets>illusum</ets>; pref. <ets>il-</ets> in + <ets>ludere</ets> to play: cf. OF. <ets>illuder</ets>. See <er>Ludicrous</er>.]</ety> <def>To play upon by artifice; to deceive; to mock; to excite and disappoint the hopes of.</def>

<h1>Illume</h1> <Xpage=728>

<hw>Il*lume"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Illumed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Illuming</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>illuminer</ets>. See <er>Illuminate</er>.]</ety> <def>To throw or spread light upon; to make light or bright; to illuminate; to illumine.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>The mountain's brow, <b>Illumed</b> with fluid gold. <i>Thomson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Illuminable</h1> <Xpage=728>

<hw>Il*lu"mi*na*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being illuminated.</def>

<h1>Illuminant</h1> <Xpage=728>

<hw>Il*lu"mi*nant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>illuminans</ets>, <ets>-antis</ets>, p.pr. of <ets>illuminare</ets>.]</ety> <def>That which illuminates or affords light; <as>as, gas and petroleum are <ex>illuminants</ex></as>.</def>

<i>Boyle.</i>

<h1>Illuminary</h1> <Xpage=728>

<hw>Il*lu"mi*na*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Illuminative.</def>

<h1>Illuminate</h1> <Xpage=728>

<hw>Il*lu"mi*nate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Illuminated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Illuminating</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>illuminatus</ets>, p.p. of <ets>illuminare</ets>; pref. <ets>il-</ets> in + <ets>luminare</ets> to enlighten, fr. <ets>lumen</ets> light. See <er>Luminous</er>, and cf. <er>Illume</er>, <er>Illumine</er>, <er>Enlimn</er>, <er>Limn</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To make light; to throw light on; to supply with light, literally or figuratively; to brighten.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To light up; to decorate with artificial lights, as a building or city, in token of rejoicing or respect.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To adorn, 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.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To make plain or clear; to dispel the obscurity to by knowledge or reason; to explain; to elucidate; <as>as, to <ex>illuminate</ex> a text, a problem, or a duty</as>.</def>