All 3 Uses of
illustrate
in
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
- And now I will tell you something that happened to me; though you will, perhaps, think it illustrates the superstition of slaves.†
Chpt 19 *illustrates = helps make clear
- I suppose she thought it would be a beautiful illustration of the attachment existing between slaveholder and slave, if the body of her old worn-out servant was buried at her feet.†
Chpt 28
- It is a sad illustration of the condition of this country, which boasts of its civilization, while it sanctions laws and customs which make the experiences of the present more strange than any fictions of the past.†
Chpt Appe
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