different between illustrate vs ostentus

English

Etymology

Back-formation from illustration.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??l.??st?e?t/, /?.?l?s.t?e?t/
• (/??l.j?s?t?e?t/)

Verb

illustrate (third-person singular simple present illustrates, present participle illustrating, simple past and past participle illustrated)

1. (obsolete) To shed light upon.

   Synonyms: illuminate; see also Thesaurus:illuminate
2. (figuratively) To clarify something by giving, or serving as, an example or a comparison.

3. To provide a book or other publication with pictures, diagrams or other explanatory or decorative features.

4. (obsolete) To give renown or honour to; to make illustrious.

   Synonym: glorify

See also

• shed light upon

Translations

References

• John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “illustrate”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN

Italian

Adjective

illustrate f pl

1. feminine plural of illustrato

Verb

illustrate

1. second-person plural present of illustrare
2. second-person plural imperative of illustrare
3. feminine plural past participle of illustrare

Latin

Participle

ill?str?te

1. vocative masculine singular of ill?str?tus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of ostend?.

Participle

ostentus (feminine ostenta, neuter ostentum); first/second-declension participle

1. exposed, exhibited

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

References

• ostentus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ostentus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ostentus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• ostentus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette