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To shine light on something.

To decorate something with lights.

(figurative) To clarify or make something understandable.

To decorate the page of a manuscript book with ornamental designs.

(figurative) To make spectacular.

To glow; to light up.

To be exposed to light.

(military) To direct a radar beam toward.

(obsolete) Enlightened, illuminated, made bright.

(figurative) Enlightened spiritually, divinely taught or inspired; in technical use, converted, baptized.

(archaic) Learned, erudite.

Someone thought to have an unusual degree of enlightenment.