Irradiate

Quick meaning: Irradiate is an adjective meaning Made brilliant or bright; irradiated, illuminated.

Meaning

Made brilliant or bright; irradiated, illuminated.

More Meanings

1. (figurative) Made splendid or wonderful.
2. To send out (heat, light, or some other form of radiation) in the form of rays; to radiate.
3. To make (someone or something) bright by shining light on them or it; to brighten, to illuminate.
4. To apply radiation other than visible light to (someone or something).
5. To animate or enliven (one's mood, or soul or spirit).
6. To cause (one's face) to look beautiful, happy, or lively; to light up.
7. To decorate (a place) splendidly.

Example Sentences

There ſeek the Theban Bard, depriv'd of ſight, / VVithin, irradiate vvith prophetic light; […]

He saw her image in the blight and blackness all around him, not irradiating but deepening the gloom.

Such vvere thy gifts, Pedmálá, ſuch thy povv'r! / For, vvhen thy smile irradiates yon blue fields, / Obſervant Indra ſends the genial ſhovv'r.

Who hath watched / The midnight lightnings of the summer storm, / That, with their aweful blaze, irradiate heaven, / Then leave a blacker night?

Word Forms

• irradiates
• irradiating
• irradiated
• irradiatest
• irradiatedst
• irradiateth

Synonyms for irradiate

Depending on context, synonyms include illumine, light up, alight, belight, beshine, bright.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include enlighten, ray, radiate, expose, illuminate, illumine.

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