What is the meaning of illuminate?

Make lighter or brighter.
- usage: "This lamp lightens the room a bit"
- synonyms: light, illume, illumine, light up
Make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear.
- usage: "Could you clarify these remarks"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault"
- synonyms: clear, clear up, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out, sort out, enlighten, elucidate
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