Definitions for illustrate
ˈɪl əˌstreɪt, ɪˈlʌs treɪtil·lus·trate

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

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"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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

Origin: [L. illustratus, p. p.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Illustrate

   il-lus′trāt, or il′us-trāt, v.t. to make distinguished: to make clear to the mind: to explain: to explain and adorn by pictures.—adj. (Shak.) renowned.—n. Illustrā′tion, act of making lustrous or clear: act of explaining: that which illustrates: a picture or diagram.—adjs. Illus′trative, Illus′tratory, having the quality of making clear or explaining.—adv. Illus′tratively.—n. Illus′trator.—adj. Illus′trious, morally bright, distinguished: noble: conspicuous: conferring honour.—adv. Illus′triously.—n. Illus′triousness. [L. illustrāre, -ātum, to light up—illustris, prob. in, in, lux, lucis, light.]

British National Corpus

1. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'illustrate' in Verbs Frequency: #369

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of illustrate in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of illustrate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of illustrate in a Sentence

1. Ted Cruz:

   The questions asked in this debate illustrate why the American people don't trust the media, this is not a cage match.

2. Oscar Wilde:

   At twilight, nature is not without loveliness, though perhaps its chief use is to illustrate quotations from the poets.

3. Chris Barron:

   Trump’s absurd utterances to illustrate the president’s tumultuous inner life of paranoia, narcissism and xenophobia.

4. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz:

   The questions that have been asked so far in this debate illustrate why the American people don't trust the media, this is not a cage match.

5. Samantha Grant -LRB- left -RRB-:

   The opposite is true. And so I thought, you know, to make fun of that and illustrate that she really is not, I'm going to choose that title and run with it.

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