Who then to frail Mortality ſhall truſt, / But limns in Water, or but writes in Duſt.
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Limn
//lɪm//
Synonyms for "limn" (66 found)
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4 translations across 1 languages.
French
4 entries- dessiner verb (to draw — see also draw)
- dépeindre verb (to delineate — see also delineate)
- enluminer verb (to illuminate, as a manuscript — see also illuminate)
- peindre verb (to paint — see also paint)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Then the Painter, according to the pattern of ſome living thing, portraieth [draweth out] the picture groſly; afterward he reſembleth it to the life, and with his pencil limneth it with different painting colors.
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Read books which are in french and Latin, for so you may retain and increase your knowledge in Latin: some times draw and limn and practise perspective.
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Thou limnest well, / Were I to paint, I should shew you happy.
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