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 for Illustrated
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
  illustrated \illustrated\ adj.
     provided with pictures; -- of a publication; as, an
     illustrated weekly. Opposite of unillustrated.
     [WordNet 1.5]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
  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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