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il·lus·trate
/ ˈiləˌstrāt/
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v. [tr.]
provide (a book, newspaper, etc.) with pictures:
the guide is illustrated with full-color photographs.
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explain or make (something) clear by using examples, charts, pictures, etc.:
the results are illustrated in Figure 7.
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serve as an example of:
a collection of pieces that illustrate Bach's techniques.
ORIGIN: early 16th cent. (in the sense ‘illuminate, shed light on’): from Latin illustrat- ‘lit up,’ from the verb illustrare, from in- ‘upon’ + lustrare ‘illuminate.’
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Illustrations in User Manuals: Preference and Effectiveness with Japanese and American Readers.
Magazine article from: Technical Communication; 5/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...their use of illustrations. Japanese...include an illustration with each...include fewer illustrations with procedural...text- or illustration-only formats...indicate that illustrations facilitate...
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Policy Illustrations Apt To Mix Science With Fiction.
Magazine article from: National Underwriter Life & Health-Financial Services Edition; 11/2/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...Computer-generated illustrations of life insurance...whole life policy illustration consisted of guaranteed...these fixed return illustrations can be involves equity...wholesale adoption of illustration practices developed...production of split dollar illustrations that bear no ...
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Destinations.(Illustration)
Magazine article from: CosmoGirl!; 5/1/2004; ; 514 words
; ...Well, these clothes will make you look like you just jumped out of a vacation postcard! [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION...
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Sales illustration migrates to the web. (Cover Story).(insurance industry)(Statistical Data Included)
Magazine article from: National Underwriter Life & Health-Financial Services Edition; 3/11/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...the sales process. Illustration software often has...only include accurate illustrations in their presentations...The most basic sales illustration systems are Windows...Philibert Policy Illustrations. Not to be outdone...the Life and Annuity Illustration System from Allen...
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ILLUSTRATION REPACKAGED.(Santa Fe Illustration Conference)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Creative Review; 8/1/2001; 700+ words
; ...Selby heads to Santa Fe to the American Illustration Conference The horizons of America...happened upon this place. The second Illustration Conference held in Santa Fe in June...held in October 1999. Since then, illustration in the USA and Canada has been sorely...
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New illustrations guidelines on tap. (National Association of Insurance Commissioners' working group meeting on life insurance policy illustrations)
Magazine article from: National Underwriter Life & Health-Financial Services Edition; 10/31/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...with regard to illustrations. The original...to "create an illustration that would be...prominently. The illustration should display...too. If graphic illustrations are used, they...signatures on the illustration. Indeed, the...concept of an "illustrations actuary," which...
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Illustration model nears final draft.(life insurance illustration model regulation)
Magazine article from: National Underwriter Life & Health-Financial Services Edition; 3/20/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...insurance policy illustrations that would provide illustration formats, establish...followed when illustrations are used. This...supplemental illustration, he suggested...of providing illustrations when there is...
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NAIC takes aim at illustration abuses. (National Association of Insurance Commissioners, life insurance policy illustrations to forecast performance)
Magazine article from: National Underwriter Life & Health-Financial Services Edition; 9/20/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...to be used in illustrations; requiring a uniform illustration or format design...of the use of illustrations and the assumptions...to examine the illustration used and verify...require that illustrations clearly disclose...
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Statutory Money Purchase Illustrations - Employement, Pensions & Benefits Briefing.
News Wire article from: Mondaq Business Briefing; 3/6/2003; 700+ words
; ...statutory money purchase illustration. Scheme administrators...check whether these illustrations will need to be provided...statutory money purchase illustration (SMPI). The requirement...Schemes need to send the illustration to both active and...need to receive it Illustrations do not need ...
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ILLUSTRATION: Fellow travellers.
Magazine article from: Design Week; 10/23/2008; 700+ words
; Graphics and illustration were closely related disciplines...In his view, graphic design and illustration are fellow travellers. He flits...successful fusions of graphic design and illustration. Since Push Pin's glory years...
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illustration
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Children's Literature Illustration of fiction was more...Sir John Tenniel 's illustrations for Alice's Adventures...much of the finest illustration is done in the field...Asia the art of book illustration is very old. Printing...exquisite block-printed illustrations enhanced many volumes...
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Scientific Illustration
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
...problems of scientific illustration. The illustrations in both publications...area of anatomical illustration. Andreas Vesalius...to produce the illustrations for his De Humani...modern scientific illustration also treated technical...
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children's book illustration
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
children's book illustration any type of picture...William Mulready , and illustrations for the first English...A Great Tradition Illustrations for children's books...a new dimension to illustration. They produced the...
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Illustration, War and the Military in
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History
...What distinguishes art from illustration has long been a vexing problem...telling a story.” Illustration in addition is almost always...the Continental army used illustrations on recruiting posters...a process in which the illustration was drawn in reverse with...
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Bond, (Thomas) Michael 1926-
Book article from: Something About the Author
...Called Paddington (also see below), illustrations by Peggy Fortnum, Collins (London...about Paddington (also see below), illustrations by Peggy Fortnum, Collins (London...Paddington Helps Out (also see below), illustrations by Peggy Fortnum, Collins (London...
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