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Limn
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb Limn has 2 senses
- limn(v = verb.creation) delineate, outline - trace the shape of; Array is one way to draw
- limn(v = verb.creation) depict, portray - make a portrait of; "Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba" is one way to interpret, represent
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
Derived form noun limner1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
CIDE DICTIONARY
Limn, v. t. [OE. limnen, fr. luminen, for enluminen, F. enluminer to illuminate, to limn, LL. illuminare to paint. Illuminate, Luminous.].
- To draw or paint; especially, to represent in an artistic way with pencil or brush. [1913 Webster]"Let a painter carelessly limn out a million of faces, and you shall find them all different." [1913 Webster]
- To picture in words; to describe in graphic terms. [PJC]
- To illumine, as books or parchments, with ornamental figures, letters, or borders. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Limn, v.tr.
1 archaic paint (esp. a miniature portrait).
2 hist. illuminate (manuscripts).
1 archaic paint (esp. a miniature portrait).
2 hist. illuminate (manuscripts).
Derivative
limner n.
Etymology
obs. lumine illuminate f. OF luminer f. L luminare: see LUMEN
THESAURUS
Limn
bring to life, cartoon, catch a likeness, chalk, character, characterize, charcoal, chart, color, contour, copy, crayon, crosshatch, dash off, daub, delineate, depict, describe, design, diagram, doodle, draft, draw, evoke, express, give words to, hatch, hit off, image, interpret, map, notate, outline, paint, paint a picture, pencil, picture, picturize, portray, print, profile, register, render, represent, rub, schematize, scratch, scumble, set forth, shade, silhouette, sketch, stencil, symbolize, take a rubbing, tint, trace, trace out, trace over, write
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