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delineate

verb

  1. to outline, define, or specify features
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adjective

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Wiktionary

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.

  1. Delineated, sketched out.

    That forme which […] is delineate in the planispheare

  2. 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.

  1. 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.

  2. To depict, represent with pictures.
  3. To describe or depict with words or gestures.
  4. To outline or mark out.