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Delineate

adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Delineated, sketched out. obsolete

    "That forme which […] is delineate in the planispheare"

  2. 2
    Sketched out, portrayed, described, defined. obsolete

    "ſtill do I ſee in Him delineate his mother's viſage."

Adjective
  1. 1
    represented accurately or precisely wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To sketch out, draw or trace an outline.
  2. 2
    describe in vivid detail wordnet
  3. 3
    To depict, represent with pictures.
  4. 4
    make a mark or lines on a surface wordnet
  5. 5
    To describe or depict with words or gestures.
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  1. 6
    trace the shape of wordnet
  2. 7
    To outline or mark out.
  3. 8
    determine the essential quality of wordnet
  4. 9
    show the form or outline of wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

First attested in 1559; borrowed from Latin dēlīneātus, perfect passive participle of dēlīneo (“to sketch out, to delineate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from dē- + līnea (“line”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). Regular participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.

Etymology 2

First attested in 1559; borrowed from Latin dēlīneātus, perfect passive participle of dēlīneo (“to sketch out, to delineate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from dē- + līnea (“line”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). Regular participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.

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