Antonyms for illustrates
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : il-uh-streyt, ih-luhs-treyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈɪl əˌstreɪt, ɪˈlʌs treɪt |
Definition of illustrates
Origin :- 1520s, "light up, shed light on;" 1610s, "educate by means of examples," back-formation from illustration, and in some cases from Latin illustratus, past participle of illustrare (see illustration). Sense of "provide pictures to explain or decorate" is 1630s. Related: Illustrated; illustrating.
- verb demonstrate, exemplify
- verb explain by drawing, decorating
- Fig. 14 illustrates a loaf of bread that has risen too much.
- Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 1 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- This illustrates the scriptural term in the history of Deborah.
- Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I » by Francis Augustus Cox
- This illustrates the same model of thermometer seen in figure 22.
- Extract from : « The Auburndale Watch Company » by Edwin A. Battison
- The history of the development of marriage in Rome illustrates this very forcibly.
- Extract from : « The Truth About Woman » by C. Gasquoine Hartley
- Figure 100 shows a set of post-builders, and Figure 101 illustrates their use.
- Extract from : « The Automobile Storage Battery » by O. A. Witte
- Indeed, it illustrates how completely the American people claim the college as their own.
- Extract from : « College Teaching » by Paul Klapper
- From A to B in both figures, illustrates method of making a dot.
- Extract from : « Boy Scouts Handbook » by Boy Scouts of America
- Show that the life and death of Socrates illustrates this ideal.
- Extract from : « The Ontario High School Reader » by A.E. Marty
- The senator told me a story, which illustrates the situation.
- Extract from : « As A Chinaman Saw Us » by Anonymous
- This illustrates the danger there is in visiting pickets at night.
- Extract from : « The Citizen-Soldier » by John Beatty
Synonyms for illustrates
- adorn
- allegorize
- bring home
- clarify
- clear
- clear up
- delineate
- depict
- disclose
- draw a picture
- elucidate
- embellish
- emblematize
- embody
- emphasize
- epitomize
- evidence
- evince
- exhibit
- explain
- expose
- expound
- get across
- get over
- highlight
- illuminate
- imitate
- instance
- interpret
- lay out
- limelight
- limn
- make clear
- make plain
- manifest
- mark
- mirror
- ornament
- ostend
- paint
- personify
- picture
- point up
- portray
- proclaim
- represent
- reveal
- show
- show and tell
- sketch
- spotlight
- symbolize
- typify
- vivify
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