delineate
verb
- to outline, define, or specify features
adjective
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Pronunciation: /dɪˈlɪniːeɪt/
adj
Etymology: 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.
- Delineated, sketched out.
“That forme which […] is delineate in the planispheare”
- Sketched out, portrayed, described, defined.
“ſtill do I ſee in Him delineate his mother's viſage.”
verb
Etymology: 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.
- To sketch out, draw or trace an outline.
“Bellmark delineated the space and began to dig. After clearing to about a foot deep he paused.”
- To depict, represent with pictures.
- To describe or depict with words or gestures.
- To outline or mark out.