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Definition
to help make clear — typically by example
- ...and is whipped for being hard to please! I have an abundance of such illustrations of the same principle, drawn from my own observation, but think the cases I have cited sufficient.Chapter 10 (45% in)
illustrations = stories to clarify or demonstrate
(editor's note: The suffix "-tions", converts a verb into a plural noun that denotes results of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in actions, illustrations, and observations.)
(editor's note: The suffix "-tions", converts a verb into a plural noun that denotes results of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in actions, illustrations, and observations.)
- Soon after my arrival, I was told of a circumstance which illustrated their spirit.Chapter 11 (85% in)
illustrated = helped make clear
There are no more uses of "illustrate" in The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass.
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