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Definition
to help make clear — typically by example
- Hear an illustration, reader.Chapter 36 (41% in)
illustration = something that helps clarify or demonstrate
(editor's note: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)
(editor's note: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)
- The divining party again laid their heads together: apparently they could not agree about the word or syllable the scene illustrated.Chapter 18 (18% in)
- A curious friendship theirs must have been: a pointed illustration, indeed, of the old adage that "extremes meet."Chapter 18 (67% in)
illustrated = helped make clear
illustration = example
(editor's note: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)
(editor's note: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)
There are no more uses of "illustrate" in Jane Eyre.
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