limn
[verb]
Synonyms: represent, delineate, depict, describe, image, interpret, picture, portray, render

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limn verb. [lɪm] Now literary. LME.
[Alt. of LUMINE.]
1. verb trans. & intrans. Illuminate (a manuscript etc.). Now rare. LME.

2. verb trans. Adorn or embellish with gold or bright colour; depict in gold etc. M16-M17.

3. verb trans. & intrans. Paint (a picture or portrait); portray (a subject); fig. depict, make visible. Formerly spec., paint in watercolour or distemper. L16.
■ H. Robbins Rocco's face was limned in the dim glow from the match.
■ J. Strachey The image of the loosened rose-spray clearly limned in the rain pool.

4. verb trans. Portray or represent (esp. a person) in words. L16.
Publishers Weekly Virginia Woolf's sharp wit, which could limn Ottoline Morell perfectly.

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