ILLICIUM Il*li"ci*um, n. Etym: [So called, in allusion to its aroma, from L. illicium an allurement.] (Bot.)
Defn: A genus of Asiatic and American magnoliaceous trees, having star-shaped fruit; star anise. The fruit of Illicium anisatum is used as a spice in India, and its oil is largely used in Europe for flavoring cordials, being almost identical with true oil of anise.
ILLIGHTEN
Il*light"en, v. t.
Defn: To enlighten. [Obs.]
ILLIMITABLE Il*lim"it*a*ble, a. Etym: [Pref. il- not + limitable: cf. F. illimitable.]
Defn: Incapable of being limited or bounded; immeasurable; limitless; boundless; as, illimitable space. The wild, the irregular, the illimitable, and the luxuriant, have their appropriate force of beauty. De Quincey.
Syn.
— Boundless; limitless; unlimited; unbounded; immeasurable;
infinite; immense; vast.
— Il*lim"it*a*ble*ness, n.
— Il*lim"it*a*bly, adv.
ILLIMITATION Il*lim`it*a"tion, n. Etym: [Pref. il- not + limitation: cf. F. illimitation.]
Defn: State of being illimitable; want of, or freedom from, limitation. Bp. Hall.
ILLIMITED
Il*lim"it*ed, a.