| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Tending to illuminate or illustrate; throwing light; illustrative.[Websters]
2. Being explanatory or expository. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Being enlightening or edifying. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Being luminous, lucent, self-luminous, phosphorescent or luminescent. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Being instructive, informative or didactic. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. Infrequently used base adjective of the adverb illuminatively.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (illuminatively) | 1. Rarely used adverbial inflection of the adjective illuminative.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "ILLUMINATIVE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1548. (references) |
| Etymology:Illuminative \Il*lu"mi*na*tive\, adjective. [Compare to the French expression illuminatif.]. (references) |
Specialty Definition: ILLUMINATIVE
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Adjective] Having the power of giving light.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Adjective] of, capable of, or causing illumination. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
