Illustrate
21illustrate*/*/ — [ˈɪləˌstreɪt] verb [T] 1) to show or explain something by using examples, pictures, lists of numbers etc The process is illustrated in Figure 4.[/ex] Miriam quoted three case studies to illustrate her point.[/ex] 2) to draw the pictures in a book …
22illustrate — [16] Illustrate is closely related etymologically to illuminate. It goes back to Latin illustrāre, a compound verb formed from the prefix in and lustrāre ‘make bright’, which came from the same base as produced Latin lūmen (source of illuminate)… …
23illustrate — verb a) To clarify something by giving, or serving as, an example or a comparison. b) To provide a book or other publication with pictures …
24Illustrate — Иллюстрировать, оформлять (издание) …
25illustrate — Synonyms and related words: account for, adorn, adumbrate, allegorize, approve, argue, attest, bespeak, betoken, body forth, breathe, call to mind, cite, cite a particular, clarify, clear up, connote, crack, decipher, decorate, demonstrate,… …
26illustrate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. decorate; give as an example, exemplify; explain, clarify. See ornament, interpretation, painting, representation. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To make clear by illustration] Syn. exemplify, demonstrate …
27illustrate — il·lus·trate || ɪlÉ™streɪt v. demonstrate, exemplify; clarify; embellish, depict with pictures or words; elucidate …
28illustrate — To create designs and pictures for books, magazines, or other print or electronic media to make clear or explain the text or show what happens in a story …
29illustrate — verb 1》 provide (a book or periodical) with pictures. 2》 make clear by using examples, charts, etc. ↘serve as an example of. Derivatives illustrator noun Origin C16 (earlier (ME) as illustration): from L. illustrat , illustrare light up …
30illustrate — v. a. 1. Elucidate, explain, exemplify, make clear, make plain, throw light upon. 2. Adorn with pictures …
