All 3 Uses of
illustrate
in
Atonement, by Ian McEwan
- The title lettering, the illustrated cover, the pages bound—in that word alone she felt the attraction of the neat, limited and controllable form she had left behind when she decided to write a play.†
Chpt 1illustrated = (verb) drew pictures to accompany OR (adjective) accompanied by pictures
- With the help of a dictionary, Robbie had read five pages in a morning and then given up and made do with the illustrations instead.
Chpt 1 *illustrations = drawings or photographs
- Along with everyone else, he had received his own bound and illustrated tale of love, adversities overcome, reunion and a wedding.†
Chpt 2 *
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
- (3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)