All 4 Uses of
illustrate
in
The Mill on the Floss
- Nevertheless, there was a visible improvement in Tom under this training; perhaps because he was not a boy in the abstract, existing solely to illustrate the evils of a mistaken education, but a boy made of flesh and blood, with dispositions not entirely at the mercy of circumstances.
Chpt 2.4 *illustrate = help make clear
- These were the mental conditions on which Mrs. Tulliver had undertaken to act persuasively, and had failed; a fact which may receive some illustration from the remark of a great philosopher, that fly-fishers fail in preparing their bait so as to make it alluring in the right quarter, for want of a due acquaintance with the subjectivity of fishes.†
Chpt 3.7
- There are many illustrations in it that you will like to see.†
Chpt 6.2 *
- Chapter VI Illustrating the Laws of Attraction It is evident to you now that Maggie had arrived at a moment in her life which must be considered by all prudent persons as a great opportunity for a young woman.†
Chpt 6.6
Definitions:
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(illustrate as in: as illustrated by this example) to help make clear -- typically by example
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(illustrate as in: an illustrated children's book) to draw pictures (or provide photographs) to accompany a book or other writing