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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : il-uh-strey-shuhn |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌɪl əˈstreɪ ʃən |
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Définition of illustrations
Origin :- c.1400, "a shining;" early 15c., "a manifestation;" mid-15c., "a spiritual illumination," from Old French illustration "apparition, appearance," and directly from Latin illustrationem (nominative illustratio) "vivid representation" (in writing), literally "an enlightening," from past participle stem of illustrare "light up, make light, illuminate;" figuratively "make clear, disclose, explain; adorn, render distinguished," from assimilated form of in- "in" (see in- (2)) + lustrare "make bright, illuminate," related to lucere "shine," lux "light" (see light (n.)). Mental sense of "act of making clear in the mind" is from 1580s. Meaning "an illustrative picture" is from 1816.
- noun demonstration, exemplification
- noun drawing, artwork that assists explanation
- Mulready's illustrations of 1843 are here referred to, net his pictures.
- Extract from : « De Libris: Prose and Verse » by Austin Dobson
- The illustrations are original and are the work of Mr. J. Semeyn of Victoria.
- Extract from : « Indian Legends of Vancouver Island » by Alfred Carmichael
- In scripture we are furnished with illustrations of this diversified operation.
- Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II » by Francis Augustus Cox
- Illustrations have been moved where necessary so that they are not in the middle of a paragraph.
- Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
- The illustrations with a gold background are taken from the endpapers.
- Extract from : « The Cock, The Mouse and the Little Red Hen » by Flicit Lefvre
- With Illustrations and Exercises adapted to the use of schools.
- Extract from : « Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 3. March 1848 » by Various
- Turn to Glencoe, in the same series (the Illustrations to Scott).
- Extract from : « Modern Painters Volume I (of V) » by John Ruskin
- For half an hour the pages may be turned and the illustrations enjoyed.
- Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
- It is made on the floor or on shelves as shown in the illustrations.
- Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
- It is stated that he spent $50,000 in the illustrations of this volume of his poems.
- Extract from : « Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia » by Various
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