illustrate
/ˈɪləstreɪt/ verb [T]Definition
GIVE EXAMPLE › to give more information or examples to explain or prove something: to illustrate a point/problem [+ question word] This new discovery illustrates how little we know about early human history.
DRAW PICTURE › to draw pictures for a book, magazine, etc: an illustrated children's book
(Definition of illustrate verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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