Princeton's WordNet

1. exemplify, illustrate, instance(verb)

   clarify by giving an example of

2. illustrate(verb)

   depict with an illustration

3. illustrate(verb)

   supply with illustrations

   "illustrate a book with drawings"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

1. illustrate(verb)ˈɪl əˌstreɪt, ɪˈlʌs treɪt

   to give examples of sth in order to explain or prove it

   He told a story to illustrate his point.

2. illustrateˈɪl əˌstreɪt, ɪˈlʌs treɪt

   to draw pictures in a book, magazine, etc.

   I illustrate children's books.

Wiktionary

1. illustrate(Verb)

   To shed light upon; to illuminate.

2. illustrate(Verb)

   To clarify something by giving, or serving as, an example or a comparison.

3. illustrate(Verb)

   To provide a book or other publication with pictures, diagrams or other explanatory or decorative features.

Webster Dictionary

1. Illustrate(verb)

   to make clear, bright, or luminous

2. Illustrate(verb)

   to set in a clear light; to exhibit distinctly or conspicuously

3. Illustrate(verb)

   to make clear, intelligible, or apprehensible; to elucidate, explain, or exemplify, as by means of figures, comparisons, and examples

4. Illustrate(verb)

   to adorn with pictures, as a book or a subject; to elucidate with pictures, as a history or a romance

5. Illustrate(verb)

   to give renown or honor to; to make illustrious; to glorify

6. Illustrate(adj)

   illustrated; distinguished; illustrious

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