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Definition of Illustrate
1. Verb. Clarify by giving an example of.
Generic synonyms: Dilate, Elaborate, Enlarge, Expand, Expatiate, Exposit, Expound, Flesh Out, Lucubrate
Derivative terms: Example, Example, Example, Example, Exemplification, Illustration, Illustration, Illustrative, Instance
2. Verb. Depict with an illustration.
Generic synonyms: Depict, Picture, Render, Show
Derivative terms: Illustration, Illustration, Illustrative
3. Verb. Supply with illustrations. "Illustrate a book with drawings"
Derivative terms: Illustration, Illustration, Illustrator
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
Literary usage of Illustrate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by Oxford Historical Society (1885)
"A PLAN TO illustrate THE EARLY HISTORY OF OXFORD. ... As the former map was
intended to illustrate Chapter III,so this is intended to illustrate especially ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"The first stanza will serve to illustrate the metric and ... Two of the added
strophes may be quoted here to illustrate ..."
3. A Lm Ia Ceramic Kiln in South-Central Crete: Function and Pottery Production by Joseph W. Shaw (2001)
"Photomicrograph of 95/19 to illustrate group 3, XP. Horizontal dimension = 4mm
Figure 53 (right). ... Photomicrograph of 95/54 to illustrate group 5, XP. ..."
4. Reliques of Ancient English Poetry: Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs by Thomas Percy (1846)
"This Sccond Book ia therefore set apart for the reception of such ballads as are
quoted by Shakespeare, or contribute in any degree to illustrate his ..."
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