Index of English words, starting with "il"

(1) - Illusory (a.) Deceiving, or tending of deceive; fallacious; illusive; as, illusory promises or hopes.

(1) - Illustrate (a.) Illustrated; distinguished; illustrious.
(2) - Illustrate (v. t.) To give renown or honor to; to make illustrious; to glorify.
(3) - Illustrate (v. t.) To adorn with pictures, as a book or a subject; to elucidate with pictures, as a history or a romance.
(4) - Illustrate (v. t.) To make clear, intelligible, or apprehensible; to elucidate, explain, or exemplify, as by means of figures, comparisons, and examples.
(5) - Illustrate (v. t.) To set in a clear light; to exhibit distinctly or conspicuously.
(6) - Illustrate (v. t.) To make clear, bright, or luminous.

(1) - Illustration (n.) A picture designed to decorate a volume or elucidate a literary work.
(2) - Illustration (n.) That which illustrates; a comparison or example intended to make clear or apprehensible, or to remove obscurity.
(3) - Illustration (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.