Definition of Illuminative

1. a. Tending to illuminate or illustrate; throwing light; illustrative.

Definition of Illuminative

1. Adjective. of, capable of, or causing illumination ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Illuminative

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Illuminative

illuminances
illuminant
illuminants
illuminary
illuminate
illuminated
illuminates
illuminatest
illuminateth
illuminati
illuminating
illuminatingly
illumination
illumination unit
illuminations
illuminative (current term)
illuminatively
illuminator
illuminators
illuminatory
illumine
illumined
illuminer
illumines
illuming
illumining
illuminism
illuminisms
illuminist
illuministic

Literary usage of Illuminative

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Works of Thomas Carlyle by Thomas Carlyle, Henry Duff Traill (1898)
"Fractions of Events and Indications, Jrom Voltaire himself, in this Time; more or less illuminative when reduced to Order Here, selected from more, ..."

2. The Bookman (1915)
"... indeed, incapable of conversation ; but her talk was a tireless soliloquy, lacking in coherence to be sure, but always eloquent and öfter illuminative. ..."

3. History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1864)
"Fractions of Events and Indications, from Voltaire himself, in this Time; more or less illuminative when reduced to Order. Here, selected from more, ..."

4. History of Friedrich II of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1864)
"Fractions of Events and Indications^ from Voltaire himself, in this Time; more or less illuminative when reduced to Order. Here, selected from more, ..."

5. Report of the Annual Meeting (1879)
"... probably equalled, or even exceeded, that of all the other constituents. 9. On the illuminative Value of a Mixture of Hydrogen with some Hydrocarbons. ..."

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