All 3 Uses of
illustrate
in
Change of Heart, by Picoult
- Shay Bourne's religious training had been minimal and fragmented; the only thing I'd ever seen him "read" was the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.†
*illustrated = (verb) drew pictures to accompany OR (adjective) accompanied by pictures
- I'd read from the Bible, and from the Gospel of Thomas, and from Sports Illustrated.†
- My amicus briefs illustrated how hideous the death penalty was; defined it as cruel and unusual punishment, as unconstitutional.†
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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