v. t. | 1. | To make clear, bright, or luminous. |
2. | To set in a clear light; to exhibit distinctly or conspicuously. | |
3. | To make clear, intelligible, or apprehensible; to elucidate, explain, or exemplify, as by means of figures, comparisons, and examples. | |
4. | To adorn with pictures, as a book or a subject; to elucidate with pictures, as a history or a romance. | |
5. | To give renown or honor to; to make illustrious; to glorify. | |
a. | 1. | Illustrated; distinguished; illustrious. |
Verb | 1. | illustrate - clarify by giving an example of |
2. | illustrate - depict with an illustration | |
3. | illustrate - e.g., illustrate a book with drawings |