illustrate
verb (used with object)
to furnish (a book, magazine, etc.) with drawings, pictures, or other artwork intended for explanation, elucidation, or adornment.
am illustrating
-
present progressiveof illustrate (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
I am illustrating ideas, or concepts, or patterns that surround ideas about black identity.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 18, 2012
Actual games of the kind I am illustrating here have been played by us, many and many a time, with joy and happy invention and no thought of publication.
From Floor Games; a companion volume to "Little Wars" by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
I speak from memory, but the general fact which I am illustrating is undeniable.
From Loss and Gain The Story of a Convert by John Henry Newman
Images need not be true; but I am illustrating what vividness of apprehension is, and what is the strength of belief consequent upon it.
From An Essay In Aid Of A Grammar Of Assent by John Henry Newman
In this chapter I am illustrating a series of movements that have a similar object in view, but which will be found far easier to perform.
From Vitality Supreme by Bernarr Macfadden
