(v. t.) To set in a clear light; to exhibit distinctly or conspicuously.
(v. t.) To make clear, intelligible, or apprehensible; to elucidate, explain, or exemplify, as by means of figures, comparisons, and examples.
(v. t.) To adorn with pictures, as a book or a subject; to elucidate with pictures, as a history or a romance.
(v. t.) To give renown or honor to; to make illustrious; to glorify.
(a.) Illustrated; distinguished; illustrious.
Example Sentences:
(1) By presenting the case history of a man who successively developed facial and trigeminal neural dysfunction after Mohs chemosurgery of a PCSCC, this paper documents histologically the occurrence of such neural invasion, and illustrates the utility of gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance scanning in patient management.
(2) In contrast, resting cells of strain CHA750 produced five times less IAA in a buffer (pH 6.0) containing 1 mM-L-tryptophan than did resting cells of the wild-type, illustrating the major contribution of TSO to IAA synthesis under these conditions.
(3) In this paper, we show representative experiments illustrating some characteristics of the procedure which may have wide application in clinical microbiology.
(4) A complex linkage between the cytoskeleton and the extracellular matrix is illustrated both in the cord forming Sertoli and granulosa cells, and in the adjacent mesenchymal cells.
(5) The following case report illustrates such a case as well as its successful treatment using the BICEPS model.
(6) The most important causal factor, well illustrated by pressure studies, was the presence of a dynamic or static deformity leading to local areas of peak pressure on insensitive skin.
(7) Some numerical evaluations are presented for the normal and exponential distributions of gene effects, illustrating the effects of the number of alleles and of the variation in allelic frequencies.
(8) Examples illustrate these elements as they emerge in group psychotherapy.
(9) Physicochemical characterization of the monomeric, diacetylenic phospholipids illustrates the similarities to naturally occurring lipids, similarities that are confirmed by the capacity to enrich the membranes of A. laidlawii to the level of 90% diacetylenic lipid.
(10) A theory of action is presented which illustrates that certain forms of action are ones from which learning is not possible, but when the form of action is experiential or creative, then learning from it follows--as a result of both monitoring and reflecting.
(11) Two illustrative cases are presented to demonstrate such features.
(12) The information from the literature and the data from the authors' clinical experience have been used to illustrate important points in the discussion.
(13) These results illustrate that NGF can promote either growth or differentiation of PC12 cells, and that myc or E1A alter the phenotypic responses to growth factors and hormones.
(14) The record includes postoperative drawings of the intraoperative field by Dr. Cushing, a sketch by Dr. McKenzie illustrating the postoperative sensory examination, and pre- and postoperative photographs of the patient.
(15) Analysis of this mutant illustrates that indirect flight muscles and jump muscles utilize different mechanisms for alternative RNA splicing.
(16) Illustration by Andrzej Krause Photograph: Guardian The Foreign Office attributed the forgotten boxes to "an earlier misunderstanding about contents" and stated that there needed to be an "improvement in archive management".
(17) Although ET1 and ET2 binding sites were found in rat lung membranes, a selective ET1 receptor antagonist, BQ-123 (10 microM), did not displace [125I]-endothelin-1 ([125I]ET-1) from ET2 sites, illustrating the selectivity of the angatonist for ET1 receptors.
(18) The disorder illustrates the problem of variable expressivity of a trait which makes it difficult to predict the risk of having an affected child when only one feature of a syndrome is present in a relative of a fully affected patient.
(19) These problems are illustrated by a clinical vignette, and alternative approaches are explored.
(20) This case illustrates that lateral pontine and extrapontine myelinolysis can be associated with hypernatremia and hyperosmolality.
Monster
Definition:
(n.) Something of unnatural size, shape, or quality; a prodigy; an enormity; a marvel.
(n.) Specifically , an animal or plant departing greatly from the usual type, as by having too many limbs.
(n.) Any thing or person of unnatural or excessive ugliness, deformity, wickedness, or cruelty.
(a.) Monstrous in size.
(v. t.) To make monstrous.
Example Sentences:
(1) Rather than an off-plan Oxshott monster-mansion, he moved his family to an elegant Eaton Terrace townhouse in south-west London.
(2) I read somewhere that one of the actresses you admire is Charlize Theron and she's another great beauty who started out modelling but whose breakthrough role came when she uglied up [to play serial killer Aileen Wuornos in Monster ].
(3) It’s the first time the digital monsters have made it on to smartphones – so what do you make of this new venture?
(4) We report here that two other members of this peptide family, rat growth hormone-releasing factor and helodermin H38, a component of Gila monster venom, also increase the rate of dopa synthesis, while glucagon-like peptides I and II and a number of other peptides tested produce no effect.
(5) One of the other studies, not written by Preece, used the word "monster" in its title, unusual language for a scientific report.
(6) Perhaps monstering earns underdog sympathy, with contempt for the press as rife as contempt for conventional politics.
(7) While Mind Candy tries to crack it, Smith said it remains committed to the web-based virtual world that started off the Moshi Monsters phenomenon – "the beating heart of the property" – despite changing habits of children.
(8) He warned that the US federal reserve would need to pull the lever on "monster" quantitative easing [QE]".
(9) I certainly wouldn't have been able to tell you the difference between palaeontologists searching for ancient bones, and the search for the Loch Ness Monster.
(10) The £150m black hole over iPlayer and playback-watching is a monster problem at the very time it’s being solved as George and Tony trade.
(11) Like Dr Frankenstein increasing the dose until the monster comes to life.
(12) The multiple manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus recall the ancient Greek monster the Hydra.
(13) Cotto is probably at the head of the queue but there are other intriguing options, including the monster of the division, the unbeaten Gennady Golovkin, and Chris Eubank Jr, who looked good stopping the former Saunders victim, Gary “Spike” O’Sullivan in London on 12 December – or even a rematch with Lee.
(14) The game also makes a lot of mileage out of building up razor-sharp tension, reducing the soundtrack to footfalls and creaking doors and then having horrific monsters amble into view as though this is the natural state of things.
(15) Five increasingly anionic variants (Pa1-Pa5) of Ca2+-dependent phospholipase A2 were purified to homogeneity from the venom of the lizard Heloderma suspectum (Gila monster).
(16) The attribution of sympathy became the creative battle in the making of Monster.
(17) The latter is somewhat under the radar for the wider games industry, but Despicable Me: Minion Rush (to give its full title) is something of a mobile monster: 100m downloads in three months on iOS and Android earlier this year.
(18) Following his role in Gods and Monsters, McKellen went on to shoot what would prove his most popular role, as Gandalf in the Oscar-winning Lord of the Rings trilogy .
(19) The club’s new president, Bruno de Carvalho, has denounced as a “menace” and “monster” the funds to whom majority stakes in almost the club’s entire squad were sold before he was elected in March 2013 and he vowed to end the practice.
(20) Indeed, continually depicting Muslims as the supreme evil - even when compared to the west's worst monsters - is par for Harris' course, as when he inveighed : Unless liberals realize that there are tens of millions of people in the Muslim world who are far scarier than Dick Cheney, they will be unable to protect civilization from its genuine enemies."