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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Illustrate \Il*lus"trate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Illustrated}; p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Illustrating}.] [L. illustratus, p. p. of
     illustrare to illustrate, fr. illustris bright. See
     {Illustrious}.]
     1. To make clear, bright, or luminous.
  
              Here, when the moon illustrates all the sky.
                                                    --Chapman.
  
     2. To set in a clear light; to exhibit distinctly or
        conspicuously. --Shak.
  
              To prove him, and illustrate his high worth.
                                                    --Milton.
  
     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. [Obs.]
  
              Matter to me of glory, whom their hate Illustrates.
                                                    --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Illustrate \Il*lus"trate\, a. [L. illustratus, p. p.]
     Illustrated; distinguished; illustrious. [Obs.]
  
           This most gallant, illustrate, and learned gentleman.
                                                    --Shak.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  illustrate
       v 1: clarify by giving an example of [syn: {exemplify}, {instance}]
       2: depict with an illustration
       3: e.g., illustrate a book with drawings

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