Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to illustrate
Participle: illustrated
Gerund: illustrating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | illustrate |
| you | illustrate |
| he;she;it | illustrates |
| we | illustrate |
| you | illustrate |
| they | illustrate |
Perfect
| I | have illustrated |
| you | have illustrated |
| he;she;it | has illustrated |
| we | have illustrated |
| you | have illustrated |
| they | have illustrated |
Past
| I | illustrated |
| you | illustrated |
| he;she;it | illustrated |
| we | illustrated |
| you | illustrated |
| they | illustrated |
Pluperfect
| I | had illustrated |
| you | had illustrated |
| he;she;it | had illustrated |
| we | had illustrated |
| you | had illustrated |
| they | had illustrated |
Future
| I | will illustrate |
| you | will illustrate |
| he;she;it | will illustrate |
| we | will illustrate |
| you | will illustrate |
| they | will illustrate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have illustrated |
| you | will have illustrated |
| he;she;it | will have illustrated |
| we | will have illustrated |
| you | will have illustrated |
| they | will have illustrated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | illustrate |
| you | illustrate |
| he;she;it | illustrate |
| we | illustrate |
| you | illustrate |
| they | illustrate |
Perfect
| I | have illustrated |
| you | have illustrated |
| he;she;it | have illustrated |
| we | have illustrated |
| you | have illustrated |
| they | have illustrated |
Imperfect
| I | illustrated |
| you | illustrated |
| he;she;it | illustrated |
| we | illustrated |
| you | illustrated |
| they | illustrated |
Pluperfect
| I | had illustrated |
| you | had illustrated |
| he;she;it | had illustrated |
| we | had illustrated |
| you | had illustrated |
| they | had illustrated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would illustrate |
| you | would illustrate |
| he;she;it | would illustrate |
| we | would illustrate |
| you | would illustrate |
| they | would illustrate |
Perfect
| I | would have illustrated |
| you | would have illustrated |
| he;she;it | would have illustrated |
| we | would have illustrated |
| you | would have illustrated |
| they | would have illustrated |
Imperative
| you | illustrate |
| we | Let's illustrate |
| you | illustrate |
Verbs conjugated like 'illustrate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'illustrate'
flustrate,
illustre,
lustrate,
allatrate,
flusterate,
frustrate,
illucidate,
illuminate,
illuviate,
perlustrate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to supply with light
- belight, beshine, enlighten, illume, illuminate, illumine, irradiate, light, light up, lighten, shed light on
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Back-formation from illustration.
Verbs referencing "illustrate"
Ido ilustrar, Finnish with old forms
illustroida.
Sample Sentences
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The maxim that out of evil cometh good, is strongly illustrated by these establishments at home; as the records of the Prerogative Office in Doctors ’ Commons can abundantly prove. Some immensely rich old gentleman or lady, surrounded by needy relatives, makes, [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] barroom with rather an anxious air, and, retreating with his valuables to the warmest corner, disposed them under his chair, sat down, and looked rather apprehensively up at the worthy whose heels illustrated the end of the mantel-piece, who was spitting from right to left, with a courage and energy rather alarming to gentlemen of weak nerves and particular habits.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] part of the evening, took it up, and began to turn it over. It was one of those collections of stories of bloody murders, ghostly legends, and supernatural visitations, which, coarsely got up and illustrated, have a strange fascination for one who once begins to read them.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)