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Lustrating (gcide) | Lustrate \Lus"trate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lustrated; p. pr. &
vb. n. Lustrating.] [L. lustratus, p. p. of lustrare to
lustrate, fr. lustrum. See Lustrum.]
To make clear or pure by means of a propitiatory offering; to
purify.
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We must purge, and cleanse, and lustrate the whole
city. --Hammond.
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illustrating (encz) | illustrating,ilustrující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Illustrating (gcide) | Illustrate \Il*lus"trate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Illustrated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Illustrating.] [L. illustratus, p. p. of
illustrare to illustrate, fr. illustris bright. See
Illustrious.]
1. To make clear, bright, or luminous.
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Here, when the moon illustrates all the sky.
--Chapman.
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2. To set in a clear light; to exhibit distinctly or
conspicuously. --Shak.
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To prove him, and illustrate his high worth.
--Milton.
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3. To make clear, intelligible, or apprehensible; to
elucidate, explain, or exemplify, as by means of figures,
comparisons, and examples.
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4. To adorn with pictures, as a book or a subject; to
elucidate with pictures, as a history or a romance.
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5. To give renown or honor to; to make illustrious; to
glorify. [Obs.]
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Matter to me of glory, whom their hate
Illustrates. --Milton.
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