illustrate
/ˈɪl·əˌstreɪt/ v [T]Definition
› to add pictures to something, such as a book: She writes children’s books and also illustrates them. › To illustrate is also to show the meaning or truth of something more clearly by giving examples: To illustrate her point, she told a story about how her family felt when they moved here.
(Definition of illustrate v from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
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