Both Uses of
illustrate
in
Black Like Me
- His case, along with those of other "Southern traitors," like Hodding Carter, Easton King, Ralph McGill and Mark Ethridge, illustrates the "true Southerner's" admirable lack of race prejudice: he is as willing to destroy whites who question his "wisdom" as he is to destroy Negroes, I put the manuscript away and tried to sleep.†
*illustrates = helps make clear
- Another time, this was eloquently illustrated in a small community where there had been much tension between Protestants and Catholics.†
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