Definition of Illustrate

1. Verb. Clarify by giving an example of.


2. Verb. Depict with an illustration.
Category relationships: Art, Artistic Creation, Artistic Production
Generic synonyms: Depict, Picture, Render, Show
Derivative terms: Illustration, Illustration, Illustrative

3. Verb. Supply with illustrations. "Illustrate a book with drawings"

Definition of Illustrate

1. v. t. To make clear, bright, or luminous.

2. a. Illustrated; distinguished; illustrious.

Definition of Illustrate

1. Verb. (obsolete) To shed light upon; to illuminate. ¹

2. Verb. To clarify something by giving, or serving as, an example or a comparison. ¹

3. Verb. To provide a book or other publication with pictures, diagrams or other explanatory or decorative features. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Illustrate

1. [v -STRATED, -STRATING, -STRATES]

Medical Definition of Illustrate

1. 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. "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. "Matter to me of glory, whom their hate Illustrates." (Milton) Origin: L. Illustratus, p.p. Of illustrare to illustrate, fr. Illustris bright. See Illustrious. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Illustrate

illusionistically
illusionists
illusionless
illusionlike
illusions
illusive
illusively
illusiveness
illusivenesses
illusorily
illusoriness
illusorinesses
illusory
illuster
illustrable
illustrate (current term)
illustrated
illustrates
illustrating
illustration
illustrational
illustrations
illustrative
illustratively
illustrator
illustrators
illustratory
illustre
illustrious
illustriously

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