Associations to the word «Illustrate»

Wiktionary

ILLUSTRATE, verb. (obsolete) To shed light upon; to illuminate.
ILLUSTRATE, verb. To clarify something by giving, or serving as, an example or a comparison.
ILLUSTRATE, verb. To provide a book or other publication with pictures, diagrams or other explanatory or decorative features.
ILLUSTRATE, verb. (obsolete) To give renown or honour to; to make illustrious; to glorify.

Dictionary definition

ILLUSTRATE, verb. Clarify by giving an example of.
ILLUSTRATE, verb. Depict with an illustration.
ILLUSTRATE, verb. Supply with illustrations; "illustrate a book with drawings".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats