illuminate (
http://definr.com/illuminate)
v 1: make lighter or brighter; "This lamp lightens the room a
bit" [syn:
light,
illume,
illumine,
light up]
2: make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear: "Could
you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who
is at fault" [syn:
clarify,
clear,
clear up, {shed
light on},
crystallize,
crystallise,
crystalize,
crystalise,
straighten out,
sort out,
enlighten,
elucidate]
[ant:
confuse]
3: paint, as of medieval manuscripts