Il`lus*tra"tion (?), n.
[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.
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