All 7 Uses

illustrate
in
Robinson Crusoe
(Edited)

[Illustration: Robinson Crusoe struck with confusion and horror, at seeing the print of a man's foot upon the sand.]
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illustration = drawing
[Illustration: ROBINSON CRUSOE rescuing FRIDAY from his pursuers.]
[Illustration: R. Crusoe accosting the Captain, &c. set ashore by the Mutineers.]
[ILLUSTRATION: The Spaniard, &c. burning the Indian canoes.]
[Illustration: Revenging the death of Friday.]
[Illustration: The Carpenter and his man defeats the Cochinchinese.]
But there is no occasion to enter upon an argument to prove the being of the Almighty, or to illustrate his power by words, who has so many undeniable testimonies in the breasts of every rational being to prove his existence: and we have sufficient proofs enough to convince us of the great superintendency of Divine Providence in the minutest affairs of this world; the manifest existence of the invisible world; the reality of spirits, and intelligence between us and them.
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illustrate = help make clear

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)