verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To adorn (a book, manuscript, etc.) with coloured and decorated letters and/or figures. poetic

   "par of tables enlymned with Seyntes."

Synonyms

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limn

Example

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"par of tables enlymned with Seyntes."

Etymology

From en- + limn. Compare enlumine, illuminate.

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