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LIMN
portray, depict, limn
(verb) make a portrait of; “Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba”
delineate, limn, outline
(verb) trace the shape of
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
limn (third-person singular simple present limns, present participle limning, simple past and past participle limned)
(transitive, also, figuratively) To draw or paint; to delineate.
Synonym: depict
(transitive, obsolete) To illuminate, as a manuscript; to decorate with gold or some other bright colour.
Synonym: enlimn (to illuminate (a manuscript))
Conjugation
Source: Wiktionary
Limn, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Limned; p. pr. & vb. n. Limning.] Etym: [OE. limnen, fr. luminen, for enluminen, F. enluminer to illuminate, to limn, LL. illuminare to paint. Illuminate, Luminous.]
1. To draw or paint; especially, to represent in an artistic way with pencil or brush. Let a painter carelessly limn out a million of faces, and you shall find them all different. Sir T. Browne.
2. To illumine, as books or parchments, with ornamental figures, letters, or borders.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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