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English Dictionary: illustrate	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for illustrate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
illustrate v clarify by giving an example of [syn: exemplify, illustrate, instance] depict with an illustration supply with illustrations; "illustrate a book with drawings"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Illustrate \Il*lus"trate\, a. [L. illustratus, p. p.] Illustrated; distinguished; illustrious. [Obs.] This most gallant, illustrate, and learned gentleman. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Illustrate \Illus"trate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Illustrated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Illustrating}.] [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.