Illustrate: alternatives and connections

To deck or dress with ornaments; to embellish; to set off to advantage; to render pleasing or attractive.

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To make or render beautiful; to add beauty to; to adorn; to deck; to grace; to embellish.

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To deck with that which is becoming, ornamental, or honorary; to adorn; to beautify; to embellish; as, to decorate the person; to decorate an edifice…

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Depicted.

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To expand; to distend; to enlarge or extend in all directions; to swell; -- opposed to contract; as, the air dilates the lungs; air is dilated by inc…

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Wrought with labor; finished with great care; studied; executed with exactness or painstaking; as, an elaborate discourse; an elaborate performance;…

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To make beautiful or elegant by ornaments; to decorate; to adorn; as, to embellish a book with pictures, a garden with shrubs and flowers, a narrativ…

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To make larger; to increase in quantity or dimensions; to extend in limits; to magnify; as, the body is enlarged by nutrition; to enlarge one's house.

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To lay open by extending; to open wide; to spread out; to diffuse; as, a flower expands its leaves.

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To range at large, or without restraint.

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To lay open; to expose to view; to examine.

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The exercise of love, kindness, mercy, favor; disposition to benefit or serve another; favor bestowed or privilege conferred.

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To study by candlelight or a lamp; to study by night.

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That which embellishes or adorns; that which adds grace or beauty; embellishment; decoration; adornment.

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The art of painting; representation by painting.

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One who rends.

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To exhibit or present to view; to place in sight; to display; -- the thing exhibited being the object, and often with an indirect object denoting the…

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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.

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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.

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Tending or designed to illustrate, exemplify, or elucidate.

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Tending or designed to illustrate, exemplify, or elucidate.

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One who illustrates.

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One who illustrates.

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To show or illustrate by example.

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The act or quality of being instant or pressing; urgency; solicitation; application; suggestion; motion.

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To exhibit or present to view; to place in sight; to display; -- the thing exhibited being the object, and often with an indirect object denoting the…

Illustrate overlaps with show, but its tone, intensity or usual context may differ. Check the definition before substituting it.

To exhibit or present to view; to place in sight; to display; -- the thing exhibited being the object, and often with an indirect object denoting the…

Curated member of Academic reporting verbs.

To exhibit or present to view; to place in sight; to display; -- the thing exhibited being the object, and often with an indirect object denoting the…

Illustrate is useful when an example makes an idea clearer.

To exhibit or present to view; to place in sight; to display; -- the thing exhibited being the object, and often with an indirect object denoting the…

Use when an example makes a point clearer.