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 Definitions of Illustrate  [ˈɪl əˌstreɪt, ɪˈlʌs treɪt]  

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Definition of 'Illustrate' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.t.) illustrate
to furnish with.

2.  illustrate
to make intelligible with examples.

3. (v.i.) illustrate
to clarify one's words with examples.

Etymology:  (1520–30; < L illustrātus, ptp. of illustrāre to illuminate, make clear, give glory to; see il-1, luster1)

Definition of 'Illustrate' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) exemplify, illustrate, instance
clarify by giving an example of

2. (verb) illustrate
depict with an illustration

3. (verb) illustrate
supply with illustrations
"illustrate a book with drawings"


Definition of 'Illustrate' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (verb) illustrate
to give examples of sth in order to explain or prove it
He told a story to illustrate his point.

2.  illustrate
to draw pictures in a book, magazine, etc.
I illustrate children's books.


Definition of 'Illustrate' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) Illustrate
illustrated; distinguished; illustrious

2. (verb) Illustrate
to make clear, bright, or luminous

3. (verb) Illustrate
to set in a clear light; to exhibit distinctly or conspicuously

4. (verb) Illustrate
to make clear, intelligible, or apprehensible; to elucidate, explain, or exemplify, as by means of figures, comparisons, and examples

5. (verb) Illustrate
to adorn with pictures, as a book or a subject; to elucidate with pictures, as a history or a romance

6. (verb) Illustrate
to give renown or honor to; to make illustrious; to glorify


Translation of 'Illustrate' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to provide (a book, lecture etc) with pictures, diagrams etc.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: illustreer Arabic flag Arabic: يُزَوِّد كتابا بالصُّوَر Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: илюстрирам
Brazilian flag Brazilian: ilustrar Czech flag Czech: ilustrovat German flag German: illustrieren
Danish flag Danish: illustrere Greek flag Greek: εικονογραφώ Spanish flag Spanish: ilustrar
Estonian flag Estonian: illustreerima Farsi flag Farsi: مصور کردن Finnish flag Finnish: kuvittaa
French flag French: illustrer Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְאַייֵר Hindi flag Hindi: व्याख्या करना
Croatian flag Croatian: ilustrirati Hungarian flag Hungarian: illusztrál Indonesian flag Indonesian: menggambari
Icelandic flag Icelandic: myndskreyta Italian flag Italian: illustrare Japanese flag Japanese: 図・絵を入れる
Korean flag Korean: (도해, 그림 등을) 예시하다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: iliustruoti Latvian flag Latvian: ilustrēt
Malay flag Malay: menggambari Dutch flag Dutch: illustreren Norwegian flag Norwegian: illustrere
Polish flag Polish: ilustrować Persian flag Persian: مصور کردن Pashto flag Pashto: څرګندول، تمثيلول، تشريح،
Portuguese flag Portuguese: ilustrar Romanian flag Romanian: a ilus­tra Russian flag Russian: иллюстрировать
Slovak flag Slovak: ilustrovať Slovenian flag Slovenian: slikovno opremiti Serbian flag Serbian: ilustrovati
Swedish flag Swedish: illustrera Thai flag Thai: เป็นตัวอย่างของ Turkish flag Turkish: resimlendirmek
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 加上插圖 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: ілюструвати Urdu flag Urdu: باتصوری بنانا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: minh họa Chinese flag Chinese: 加上插图

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