--- title: I — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 4 description: The 831 words of the English dictionary under I, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/page/4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / I # I — The English dictionary · page 4 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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[39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/page/39/) **iguana** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An iguana is a large lizard with a row of spines down its back, found in hot parts of Central and South America and the Caribbean.[↗](../../iguana/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The marine iguana of the Galapagos Islands is the only lizard that swims and feeds in the sea.[↗](../../iguana/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* An iguana lay on the warm rock in the sun.[↗](../../iguana/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Iguanas are reptiles, so they are cold-blooded.[↗](../../iguana/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The green iguana eats leaves, flowers and fruit.[↗](../../iguana/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Marine iguanas dive into the sea to eat seaweed.[↗](../../iguana/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My cousin keeps an iguana in a big glass tank.[↗](../../iguana/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The iguana's long tail can whip at an enemy.[↗](../../iguana/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **ii** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The Roman numeral for 2, written ii or II.[↗](../../ii/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Used in lists and in names to show «the second»: «Elizabeth II», «part ii», «World War II».[↗](../../ii/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Roman numeral II means 2.[↗](../../ii/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Answer question (ii) on the worksheet.[↗](../../ii/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Queen Elizabeth II is read as «Queen Elizabeth the Second».[↗](../../ii/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Chapter II begins on page 20.[↗](../../ii/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · On the clock face, II stands where the 2 should be.[↗](../../ii/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · III minus II equals I.[↗](../../ii/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · ITzIRH, Yetzirah, forming, Genesis ii.[↗](../../ii/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") 7.[↗](../../ii/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../ii/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · II, 4.[↗](../../ii/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") \[See Geiger's Lesestücke der Mishnah, p. 121.\][↗](../../ii/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../ii/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · II, that the author signifies by the word "Tohu," nothing, and not something, as Judah Halevi erroneously thought.[↗](../../ii/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../ii/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · BOOK II For the Leader; Maschil of the sons of Korah.[↗](../../ii/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.42.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ii/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **iii** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* III is the Roman numeral for 3, written with three I's.[↗](../../iii/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* After a name, III means «the third», as in Henry III or John Smith III.[↗](../../iii/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* It can number a part or chapter.[↗](../../iii/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* Part III, Act III.[↗](../../iii/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The clock shows III where the number 3 would be.[↗](../../iii/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Richard III was king of England.[↗](../../iii/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Read Chapter III for homework.[↗](../../iii/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · III + II = V in Roman numerals.[↗](../../iii/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My cousin is called Robert Jones III, after his dad and grandad.[↗](../../iii/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The film had a sequel called «Part III».[↗](../../iii/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · In Roman numerals, III means three ones added together.[↗](../../iii/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Kings vi.[↗](../../iii/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") 23 and Exodus xxv.[↗](../../iii/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") 18, and indeed Genesis iii.[↗](../../iii/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") 24.[↗](../../iii/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../iii/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · III, 2, prove undoubtedly that he had no knowledge whatever of natural science, and therefore his annotations on the book "Yezirah" are of little or no use at all.[↗](../../iii/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../iii/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · According to this passage, however, not Jeremiah but Ben Sira revealed the philosophy of the Sefer Yetzirah to iiis grandson Joseph ben Uziel.[↗](../../iii/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../iii/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · BOOK III A Psalm of Asaph.[↗](../../iii/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.73.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../iii/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **il** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (French) «Il» means «he» or «it» in French: «il mange» is «he eats».[↗](../../il/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (French) In some phrases it means «it» with no real person: «il pleut» is «it is raining».[↗](../../il/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (Italian) In Italian «il» means «the», as in «il gelato» (the ice cream).[↗](../../il/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* It is not an English word; to an English ear French «il» sounds like «eel».[↗](../../il/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* In French, «il est grand» means «he is tall».[↗](../../il/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · «Il pleut» means «it is raining».[↗](../../il/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · «S'il vous plaît» means «please».[↗](../../il/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · «Il y a un chat» means «there is a cat».[↗](../../il/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · French «il» sounds like the English word «eel».[↗](../../il/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The Italian restaurant on our street is called «Il Forno».[↗](../../il/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · In French, a thing that is masculine is also called «il».[↗](../../il/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Interested readers can check the 1562 Mantua edition for themselves through the digital archives of the National Library of Israel: nli.org.il/he/books/NNLALEPH990012793690205171/NLI.[↗](../../il/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../il/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **ilk** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (old use) A kind or type; a group of the same sort, as in «people of that ilk».[↗](../../ilk/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (Scots, old use) Each, every one of a group, as in «ilk ane».[↗](../../ilk/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He and his ilk always avoid hard work.[↗](../../ilk/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Beasts, ilk ane with two heads, blocked the road.[↗](../../ilk/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · People of that ilk prefer to stay at home.[↗](../../ilk/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **ill** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Sick, not well.[↗](../../ill/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "He is ill in bed."[↗](../../ill/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Bad or harmful.[↗](../../ill/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "ill effects".[↗](../../ill/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* As an adverb, badly: "ill-treated".[↗](../../ill/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* As a noun (plural "ills"), problems or troubles.[↗](../../ill/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I felt ill and went home.[↗](../../ill/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She fell ill with flu.[↗](../../ill/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Stay home when you are ill.[↗](../../ill/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The doctor helps people who are ill.[↗](../../ill/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Too much sun can make you ill.[↗](../../ill/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He was ill at ease at the party.[↗](../../ill/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't speak ill of others.[↗](../../ill/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Eating bad food made him ill.[↗](../../ill/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · “Perhaps he is ill,” Michael said.[↗](../../ill/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And the lean and ill-favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine.[↗](../../ill/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.41.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ill/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And the ill-favoured and lean-fleshed kine did eat up the seven well-favoured and fat kine.[↗](../../ill/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.41.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ill/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And the Egyptians dealt ill with us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage.[↗](../../ill/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.26.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ill/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Many are the ills of the righteous, but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.[↗](../../ill/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.34.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ill/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · I know his arrogancy, saith the LORD, that it is ill-founded; his boastings have wrought nothing well-founded.[↗](../../ill/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.48.30, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ill/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · They angered Him also at the waters of Meribah, and it went ill with Moses because of them; (Writings PSA.106.32, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ill/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **illegal** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Not allowed by the law; against the rules of a country.[↗](../../illegal/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In games: against the rules: «an illegal move».[↗](../../illegal/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It is illegal to steal from a shop.[↗](../../illegal/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Parking here is illegal.[↗](../../illegal/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Selling cigarettes to children is illegal.[↗](../../illegal/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The referee said the tackle was illegal.[↗](../../illegal/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In chess, moving your king into check is an illegal move.[↗](../../illegal/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Hunting this rare bird is illegal.[↗](../../illegal/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Is it illegal to ride a bike on the pavement?[↗](../../illegal/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **illegally** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Illegally means in a way that is against the law.[↗](../../illegally/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The car was parked illegally on the zigzag lines outside school.[↗](../../illegally/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Films downloaded illegally can carry viruses.[↗](../../illegally/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The rubbish was dumped illegally in the woods.[↗](../../illegally/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The man was fishing illegally without a licence.[↗](../../illegally/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · It is against the rules, but is it done illegally?[↗](../../illegally/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · They illegally sold fireworks to children.[↗](../../illegally/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **illegible** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Too messy, faded or unclear to be read.[↗](../../illegible/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The doctor's handwriting was illegible.[↗](../../illegible/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Rain made the note illegible.[↗](../../illegible/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Please write neatly, this answer is illegible.[↗](../../illegible/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The old gravestone was worn and illegible.[↗](../../illegible/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My signature looks illegible but it's my name.[↗](../../illegible/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The smudged ink left the last line illegible.[↗](../../illegible/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **illness** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An illness is a disease or a time of being ill (sick).[↗](../../illness/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Illness (uncountable) is the state of being unwell.[↗](../../illness/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Chickenpox is a common childhood illness.[↗](../../illness/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He missed a week of school because of illness.[↗](../../illness/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Wash your hands to stop illness spreading.[↗](../../illness/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandpa is getting better after his illness.[↗](../../illness/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Flu is an illness caused by a virus.[↗](../../illness/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Some illnesses are passed on by coughing.[↗](../../illness/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Tell a teacher if you feel illness coming on.[↗](../../illness/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Eating well helps your body fight illness.[↗](../../illness/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The Animals heard about the Stag's illness and came to ask after his health.[↗](../../illness/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · The LORD support him upon the bed of illness; mayest Thou turn all his lying down in his sickness.[↗](../../illness/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.41.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../illness/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **illogical** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Illogical means not making sense, or not following the rules of good reasoning.[↗](../../illogical/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Illogical describes a feeling or action that has no good reason behind it.[↗](../../illogical/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It is illogical to wear sunglasses to read in the dark.[↗](../../illogical/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · His argument was illogical because it contradicted itself.[↗](../../illogical/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I know my fear of spiders is illogical, but I still scream.[↗](../../illogical/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Saying «all cats are pets, so all pets are cats» is illogical.[↗](../../illogical/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The rule seemed illogical until the teacher explained it.[↗](../../illogical/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Mr Spock raised an eyebrow and said, «Illogical.»[↗](../../illogical/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Changing the answer without checking was an illogical move.[↗](../../illogical/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **illuminate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To light something up; to shine light on it.[↗](../../illuminate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) To make something clearer and easier to understand.[↗](../../illuminate/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To decorate old books with bright pictures and gold, as in «illuminated manuscripts».[↗](../../illuminate/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Street lamps illuminate the road at night.[↗](../../illuminate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Sun illuminates half of the Moon.[↗](../../illuminate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Fireworks illuminated the sky.[↗](../../illuminate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Shine the torch to illuminate the cave wall.[↗](../../illuminate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher's drawing illuminated the hard idea.[↗](../../illuminate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Monks illuminated the first letter of each page with gold.[↗](../../illuminate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The stage was illuminated by one bright spotlight.[↗](../../illuminate/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · A single feather from its tail illuminates a dark room.[↗](../../illuminate/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The Fourteenth Path is the Illuminating Intelligence, and is so called because it is that ChashmaP which is (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../illuminate/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · It illuminates the splendor of all lights, and causes a supply of influence to emanate from the Prince of countenances.[↗](../../illuminate/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../illuminate/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · It illuminates the splendour . of all the lights, and causes a supply of influence to emanate from the .[↗](../../illuminate/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../illuminate/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **illuminated** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Illuminated means lit up with light.[↗](../../illuminated/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) Illuminated can mean made clear and easier to understand.[↗](../../illuminated/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* An illuminated manuscript is an old handwritten book decorated with gold, silver and bright colours.[↗](../../illuminated/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The castle was illuminated by fireworks.[↗](../../illuminated/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The torch illuminated the dark cave.[↗](../../illuminated/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The street was illuminated with Christmas lights.[↗](../../illuminated/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Monks wrote illuminated manuscripts with golden letters.[↗](../../illuminated/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The moon is illuminated by the sun.[↗](../../illuminated/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Her face was illuminated by the candle.[↗](../../illuminated/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The diagram illuminated the hard idea.[↗](../../illuminated/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · In the evening the whole town was illuminated.[↗](../../illuminated/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **illumination** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Light, or lighting up a place.[↗](../../illumination/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* The room needs better illumination.[↗](../../illumination/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* illuminations (UK) = coloured lights used to decorate a town or seaside: the Blackpool Illuminations.[↗](../../illumination/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Understanding or explaining something.[↗](../../illumination/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* Her talk gave us some illumination.[↗](../../illumination/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A painted, coloured picture or letter in an old handwritten book.[↗](../../illumination/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The illumination in the hall was too dim to read.[↗](../../illumination/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We drove along the seafront to see the illuminations.[↗](../../illumination/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The old book had golden illuminations.[↗](../../illumination/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · His explanation brought illumination to a hard problem.[↗](../../illumination/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Plants need good illumination to grow.[↗](../../illumination/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Street lamps give illumination at night.[↗](../../illumination/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Nor was illumination wanting in this fairy-like region, which at night was lit up by the glow-worms of the deep.[↗](../../illumination/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Eliphas Lévi, the famous French Occultist, thus wrote of the "Sepher Yetzirah," in his "Histoire de la Magie," P. 54: "The Zoharis a Genesis of illumination, the Sepher Jezirah is a ladder formed of truths.[↗](../../illumination/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../illumination/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **illusion** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Something that seems real or true but is not: a trick of the eyes or the mind.[↗](../../illusion/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An optical illusion: a picture that tricks your eyes, like lines that look different lengths but are the same.[↗](../../illusion/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A false idea or belief: «He was under the illusion that school was cancelled».[↗](../../illusion/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A magic trick on a stage.[↗](../../illusion/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The two lines look different, but it's an optical illusion — they're the same length.[↗](../../illusion/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The magician's illusion made the rabbit vanish.[↗](../../illusion/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A mirage is an illusion of water in the hot desert.[↗](../../illusion/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He was under the illusion that he would win easily.[↗](../../illusion/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The mirror gives the illusion of a bigger room.[↗](../../illusion/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Measure the lines with a ruler to beat the illusion.[↗](../../illusion/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **illusory** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Not real, though it seems real; based on an illusion.[↗](../../illusory/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) Seeming true or possible but actually false: an illusory hope, an illusory advantage.[↗](../../illusory/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The moving pattern was illusory; the picture was not really moving.[↗](../../illusory/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The lake in the desert was illusory — it was a mirage.[↗](../../illusory/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · His lead in the race proved illusory when he tripped.[↗](../../illusory/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The feeling of safety in a car without seatbelts is illusory.[↗](../../illusory/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Magicians create illusory effects to fool our eyes.[↗](../../illusory/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In art we made an illusory 3D cube on flat paper.[↗](../../illusory/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **illustrate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To draw or add pictures to a book, article or story.[↗](../../illustrate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To explain or show something by using examples, diagrams or pictures.[↗](../../illustrate/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To be an example that shows something is true.[↗](../../illustrate/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Illustrate your story with a picture.[↗](../../illustrate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · This book was illustrated by a famous artist.[↗](../../illustrate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Use a bar chart to illustrate your results.[↗](../../illustrate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Let me illustrate with an example.[↗](../../illustrate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The broken vase illustrates why we don't play ball inside.[↗](../../illustrate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Draw a diagram to illustrate the water cycle.[↗](../../illustrate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The pictures illustrate each step of the recipe.[↗](../../illustrate/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The following story will signally illustrate how ready she was to resent any slight offered to her.[↗](../../illustrate/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Translatus et notis illustrates, a Joanne Stephano Rittangelio, ling.[↗](../../illustrate/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../illustrate/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · 16) Judah Halevi in his book entitled "Kusari," p. 456, illustrates it thus: The Creator is one, and the space has in the figurative expression six dimensions.[↗](../../illustrate/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../illustrate/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · The Notes have been extended, and it is hoped that they explain and illustrate difficult passages, and render this abstruse treatise more comprehensible than it has been hitherto found.[↗](../../illustrate/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../illustrate/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **illustration** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An illustration is a picture or drawing in a book, magazine or poster that helps explain the text or makes it more interesting.[↗](../../illustration/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An illustration is an example that helps explain an idea.[↗](../../illustration/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The picture book has beautiful illustrations.[↗](../../illustration/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Draw an illustration to go with your poem.[↗](../../illustration/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The illustration showed the parts of a flower.[↗](../../illustration/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Look at the illustration on page twelve.[↗](../../illustration/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · This story is a good illustration of why honesty matters.[↗](../../illustration/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Her favourite illustrations were the ones with dragons.[↗](../../illustration/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · \[Illustration: THE HARE AND THE TORTOISE\][↗](../../illustration/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · For an illustration may serve the three letters, ע נ ג.[↗](../../illustration/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../illustration/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · For an illustration may serve the twenty-two elementary substances by the primitive substance of Aleph (א).[↗](../../illustration/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../illustration/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · For an illustration may serve the twenty-two elementary substances by the primitive substance of Aleph \[25\] (א).[↗](../../illustration/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../illustration/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/) [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/page/2/) [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/page/3/) **4** [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/page/5/) … [39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/page/39/) - ← previous: 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