ILLUSTRATION

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

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.
n.

That which illustrates; a comparison or example intended to make clear or apprehensible, or to remove obscurity.

3.
n.

A picture designed to decorate a volume or elucidate a literary work.