luminer

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• lumination — ● lumination nom féminin (ancien français luminer, du latin luminare, éclairer) Exposition lumineuse, quantité de lumière reçue par unité de surface, produit de l éclairement par sa durée. (Unité SI : le lux seconde.) ⇒LUMINATION, subst. fém.… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• limn — (v.) early 15c., to illuminate (manuscripts), altered from M.E. luminen, to illuminate manuscripts (late 14c.), from O.Fr. luminer light up, illuminate, from L. luminare illuminate, burnish, from lumen (gen. luminis) radiant energy, light,… …   Etymology dictionary

• limn — [lɪm] verb literary 1》 represent in painting or words. 2》 suffuse or highlight with bright colour or light. Derivatives limner noun Origin ME (in the sense illuminate a manuscript ): alt. of obs. lumine illuminate , via OFr. luminer from L.… …   English new terms dictionary

• limn — /lɪm/ (say lim) verb (t) 1. to represent in drawing or painting. 2. Poetic to portray in words. {Middle English lymne(n), variant of lumine illuminate, from Old French luminer, from Latin lūmen light} –limner, noun …  

• limn — v.tr. 1 archaic paint (esp. a miniature portrait). 2 hist. illuminate (manuscripts). Derivatives: limner n. Etymology: obs. lumine illuminate f. OF luminer f. L luminare: see LUMEN …   Useful english dictionary

• lu|mine — «LOO muhn», transitive verb, mined, min|ing. Obsolete. to light up; illumine. ╂[< Old French luminer, learned borrowing from Latin lūmināre < lūmen, inis light1] …   Useful english dictionary