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illustrate
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The Odyssey, by Homer - (translated by: Butler)
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I have repeated several of the illustrations used in "The Authoress of the Odyssey", and have added two which I hope may bring the outer court of Ulysses' house more vividly before the reader.
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illustrations = things that help clarify or demonstrate
For the most part each of the illustrations now occupies a page, whereas in the original editions they generally appeared two on the page.
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illustrations = drawings or photographs
I should like to explain that the presence of a man and a dog in one illustration is accidental, and was not observed by me till I developed the negative.†
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Endnote 5: i.e. "with a current in it"—see illustrations and map near the end of bks.†
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The Fountain Court at Hampton Court may serve as an illustration (save as regards the use of arches instead of wooden supports and rafters) and the arrangement is still common in Sicily.†
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Endnote 34: See illustration on opposite page.†
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See illustrations at the end of bk.†
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See illustrations and map near the end of bks.†
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Definitions:

(1) (illustrate as in: as illustrated by this example)
to help make clear -- typically by example
(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)