All 3 Uses
illustrate
in
Jane Eyre
(Edited)
- The divining party again laid their heads together: apparently they could not agree about the word or syllable the scene illustrated.
p. 213.9illustrated = helped make clear
- A curious friendship theirs must have been: a pointed illustration, indeed, of the old adage that "extremes meet."
p. 221.5 *illustration = example
- Hear an illustration, reader.
p. 489.2illustration = something that helps clarify or demonstrate
Definitions:
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(1)
(illustrate as in: as illustrated by this example) to help make clear -- typically by example
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(2)
(illustrate as in: an illustrated children's book) to draw pictures (or provide photographs) to accompany a book or other writing
- (3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)