ILLUSTRATE

exemplify, illustrate, instance

(verb) clarify by giving an example of

illustrate

(verb) supply with illustrations; “illustrate a book with drawings”

illustrate

(verb) depict with an illustration

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

illustrate (third-person singular simple present illustrates, present participle illustrating, simple past and past participle illustrated)

(obsolete) To shed light upon.

Synonyms: illuminate, Thesaurus:illuminate

(figurative) To clarify something by giving, or serving as, an example or a comparison.

To provide a book or other publication with pictures, diagrams or other explanatory or decorative features.

(obsolete) To give renown or honour to; to make illustrious.

Synonym: glorify

Source: Wiktionary

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Il*lus"trate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Illustrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Illustrating.] Etym: [L. illustratus, p.p. of illustrare to illustrate, fr. illustris bright. See Illustrious.]

1. To make clear, bright, or luminous. Here, when the moon illustrates all the sky. Chapman.

2. To set in a clear light; to exhibit distinctly or conspicuously. Shak. To prove him, and illustrate his high worth. Milton.

3. To make clear, intelligible, or apprehensible; to elucidate, explain, or exemplify, as by means of figures, comparisons, and examples.

4. To adorn with pictures, as a book or a subject; to elucidate with pictures, as a history or a romance.

5. To give renown or honor to; to make illustrious; to glorify. [Obs.] Matter to me of glory, whom their hate Illustrates. Milton.

Il*lus"trate, a. Etym: [L. illustratus, p.p.]

Definition: Illustrated; distinguished; illustrious. [Obs.] This most gallant, illustrate, and learned gentleman. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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