Both Uses
illustrate
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Hole in My Life
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- At that moment he picked up a Yellow Pages from the stage and, to illustrate what the bullies did to him and his anger problem, ripped the book clean in half, tossing the two pieces over his shoulders.
Chpt 1.3 *illustrate = help make clear
- I'd sit in front of her desk and make troubled-brow faces which I thought illustrated the deep level of neurosis I represented.†
Chpt 1.3
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)