Illustrate

Verb

 * 1)  To shed light upon; to illuminate.
 * 2) * Were the Moon smooth, as a looking glass, a very small part would be seen by any particular eye to be illustrated by the Sun.
 * 3) To clarify something by giving, or serving as,  an example or a comparison.
 * 4) *  We illustrate our definitions by including quotations or simple examples.
 * 5) To provide a book or other publication with pictures, diagrams or other explanatory or decorative features.
 * 6) * The economics textbook was illustrated with many graphs.

Adverbs for Illustrate
profusely; copiously; adequately; abundantly; humorously; liberally; vividly; lavishly; dramatically; admirably; splendidly; graphically; superbly; instructively; vivaciously; curiously; decoratively.

Thesaurus
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, demythologize, denote, display, document, elucidate, embellish, emblazon, embody, enlighten, euhemerize, evidence, evince, example, exemplify, exhibit, explain, explain away, explicate, exposit, expound, express, figure, foreshadow, furnish evidence, give a for-instance, give indication of, give reason for, give the meaning, go to show, illuminate, image, impersonate, imply, incarnate, indicate, instance, involve, itemize, make clear, make plain, manifest, mark, mirror, name, ornament, particularize, personate, personify, picture, point to, popularize, prefigure, pretypify, project, quote, rationalize, realize, reflect, set forth, shadow, shadow forth, shed light upon, show, show how, show signs of, show the way, signalize, signify, simplify, solve, speak for itself, speak volumes, spell out, suggest, symptomatize, tell, tend to show, throw light upon, unfold, unlock, unravel

Translations

 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * German:


 * Italian:
 * Russian: иллюстрировать, пояснять, приводить примеры


 * Czech:
 * Esperanto: ilustri
 * Finnish:
 * German:


 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Russian: иллюстрировать, делать иллюстрации, оформлять
 * Spanish: ilustrar


 * : ilustrar

Adjective
illustrate



Verb
illustrate


 * 1) second-person plural present tense of illustrare
 * 2) second-person plural imperative of illustrare
 * 3) feminine plural past participle of illustrare