Search the Dictionary

A tribe of North American Indians, which formerly occupied the region between the Wabash and Mississippi rivers.

The melting or dissolving of one thing into another.

Somewhat ill. [Obs.] Howell.

The act of dashing or striking against. Sir T. Browne.

The state of being illiterate, or uneducated; want of learning, or knowledge; ignorance; specifically, inability to read and write; as, the illiteracy shown by the last census.

Not literal. [R.] B. Dawson.

Ignorant of letters or books; unlettered; uninstructed; uneducated; as, an illiterate man, or people.

Want of learning; illiteracy. [R.] Ayliffe. Southey.

The condition of being ill, evil, or bad; badness; unfavorableness. [Obs.] "The illness of the weather." Locke.

Want of locality or place. [R.] Cudworth.

Ignorant or negligent of the rules of logic or correct reasoning; as, an illogical disputant; contrary of the rules of logic or sound reasoning; as, an illogical inference. -- Il*log"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Il*log"ic*al*ness, n.

To treat cruelly or improperly; to ill use; to maltreat.

To play upon by artifice; to deceive; to mock; to excite and disappoint the hopes of.

To throw or spread light upon; to make light or bright; to illuminate; to illumine. Shak. The mountain's brow, Illumed with fluid gold. Thomson.

Capable of being illuminated.

That which illuminates or affords light; as, gas and petroleum are illuminants. Boyle.

Illuminative.

lear; to dispel the obscurity to by knowledge or reason; to explain; to elucidate; as, to illuminate a text, a problem, or a duty.

d baptism; in which ceremony a lighted taper was given them, as a symbol of the spiritual illumination they has received by that sacrament.

Giving or producing light; used for illumination. Illuminating gas. See Gas, n., 2 (a).