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, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley