Both Uses of
illustrate
in
1984 by Orwell
- It was a museum used for propaganda displays of various kinds — scale models of rocket bombs and Floating Fortresses, waxwork tableaux illustrating enemy atrocities, and the like.
p. 99..3illustrating = helping to make clear
- In our society, those who have the best knowledge of what is happening are also those who are furthest from seeing the world as it is. ... One clear illustration of this is the fact that war hysteria increases in intensity as one rises in the social scale.
p. 215..7 *illustration = example (to help clarify or demonstrate)
Definition:
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(illustrate as in: as illustrated by this example) to help make clear -- typically by example