4. To adorn with pictures, as a book or a subject; to elucidate with pictures, as a history or a romance.
5. To give renown or honor to; to make illustrious; to glorify. [Obs.] Matter to me of glory, whom their hate Illustrates. Milton.
ILLUSTRATE
Il*lus"trate, a. Etym: [L. illustratus, p.p.]
Defn: Illustrated; distinguished; illustrious. [Obs.]
This most gallant, illustrate, and learned gentleman. Shak.
ILLUSTRATION
Il`lus*tra"tion, n. Etym: [L. illustratio: cf. F. illustration.]
1. The act of illustrating; the act of making clear and distinct; education; also, the state of being illustrated, or of being made clear and distinct.
2. That which illustrates; a comparison or example intended to make clear or apprehensible, or to remove obscurity.
3. A picture designed to decorate a volume or elucidate a literary work.
ILLUSTRATIVE
Il*lus"tra*tive, a.
1. Tending or designed to illustrate, exemplify, or elucidate.