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verb

Illustrate v. t. (past & past part. illustrated; pres. part. illustrating)

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

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

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

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

To give renown or honor to; to make illustrious; to glorify. (Obs.) "Matter to me of glory, whom their hate Illustrates."

adjective

Illustrate adj. Illustrated; distinguished; illustrious. (Obs.) "This most gallant, illustrate, and learned gentleman."

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"Illustrate" Quotes from Famous Books

... door quietly and sat down on a stool in the rear. Nancy, pale and helpless, was sitting on one side of a resplendent circulatory system drawn to illustrate the subtleties ...

— Tutors' Lane • Wilmarth Lewis

... to maintain a constant and vigilant patrol up and down his coast. If this cannot be done, the blockade is called a "paper blockade," and merchantmen are justified in attempting to evade it. An instance of a "paper blockade" occurred during the early months of the civil war, which will illustrate this point. Wilmington, N.C., was throughout the war one of the favorite ports for blockade-runners. From its situation, the many entrances to its harbor, and other natural advantages, it was the ...

— The Naval History of the United States - Volume 2 (of 2) • Willis J. Abbot

... place, when somebody tries to kill a colonel by playing on his superstitions (and by other methods), and when a gentleman commits suicide from envy, Father Brown is always there. One might almost interpret the Father Brown stories by suggesting that their author had written them in order to illustrate the sudden impetus given to murder and suicide by the appearance ...

— G. K. Chesterton, A Critical Study • Julius West

... galaxy of great men known to history? You talk of the age of Pericles and of Augustus, but remember, gentlemen, that at that day Virginia had a population of only one-half the population of the city of Brooklyn to-day, and yet these are the men that she then produced to illustrate the glory of Americans. ...

— Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z • Various

... won exceptional distinction as short-story writers, and the examples given of their work not only are typical of the best periodical fiction of a very recent period—all of them having been published within five years—but illustrate the distinctive features, as unprecedented in quality as they are diversified in character, which mark the extreme advance ...

— Life at High Tide - Harper's Novelettes • Various

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