illustrate

1. v. t. To make clear, bright, or luminous. Source: opted

2. v. t. To set in a clear light; to exhibit distinctly or conspicuously. Source: opted

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

4. v. t. To adorn with pictures, as a book or a subject; to elucidate with pictures, as a history or a romance. Source: opted

5. v. t. To give renown or honor to; to make illustrious; to glorify. Source: opted

6. a. Illustrated; distinguished; illustrious. Source: opted

7. v. clarify by giving an example of Source: wordnet

8. v. depict with an illustration Source: wordnet

9. v. supply with illustrations Source: wordnet

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

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

12. v:100 v. depict with an illustration v. supply with illustrations Source: ecdict

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