Illustrate is defined as to make clear or to tell a story using drawings, pictures, examples or comparisons.
(verb)See illustrate in Webster's New World College Dictionary
transitive verb illustrated, illustrating
Origin: < L illustratus, pp. of illustrare, to light up, illuminate < in-, in + lustrare, to illuminate < lustrum: see lustrum
intransitive verb
See illustrate in American Heritage Dictionary 4
verb il·lus·trat·ed, il·lus·trat·ing, il·lus·trates verb, transitive
Origin:
Origin: Latin illūstrāre, illūstrāt-
Origin: : in-, in; see in-2
Origin: + lūstrāre, to make bright; see leuk- in Indo-European roots
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