Illustrate

v. t.	1.	To make clear, bright, or luminous. [imp. & p. p. Illustrated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Illustrating .] Here, when the moon illustrates all the sky. - Chapman.
	2.	To set in a clear light; to exhibit distinctly or conspicuously. 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. Matter to me of glory, whom their hate Illustrates. - Milton.
a.	1.	Illustrated; distinguished; illustrious. This most gallant, illustrate, and learned gentleman. - Shak.

Verb	1.	illustrate - clarify by giving an example of Synonyms: instance, exemplify
	2.	illustrate - depict with an illustration
	3.	illustrate - e.g., illustrate a book with drawings

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