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illustrate
English
Etymology
Back-formation from illustration.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??l.??st?e?t/, /?.?l?s.t?e?t/
- (/??l.j?s?t?e?t/)
Verb
illustrate (third-person singular simple present illustrates, present participle illustrating, simple past and past participle illustrated)
- (obsolete) To shed light upon.
- Synonyms: illuminate; see also Thesaurus:illuminate
- (figuratively) To clarify something by giving, or serving as, an example or a comparison.
- To provide a book or other publication with pictures, diagrams or other explanatory or decorative features.
- (obsolete) To give renown or honour to; to make illustrious.
- Synonym: glorify
See also
- shed light upon
Translations
References
- John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “illustrate”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN
Italian
Adjective
illustrate f pl
- feminine plural of illustrato
Verb
illustrate
- second-person plural present of illustrare
- second-person plural imperative of illustrare
- feminine plural past participle of illustrare
Latin
Participle
ill?str?te
- vocative masculine singular of ill?str?tus
illustrate From the web:
- what illustrate means
- what illustrates the concept of civic virtue
- what illustrates placement of content on pages
- what illustrates the speed of an object in motion
- what illustrates an idea or concept
- what illustrates a gradient
- what illustrates osmosis
- what illustrates conservation
demystify
English
Etymology
From French démystifier, or de- +? mystify
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /di??m?st?fa?/
Verb
demystify (third-person singular simple present demystifies, present participle demystifying, simple past and past participle demystified)
- (transitive) To remove the mystery from something; to explain or clarify.
- The article was written to demystify the mechanics of the internal combustion engine.
Derived terms
- demystification
- demystifier
Translations
demystify From the web:
- demystify meaning
- demystifying what does it mean
- demystify what language
- what is demystifying networking
- what is demystifying the counseling process
- what is demystifying web data
- what does demystify mean synonym
- what does demystifying
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