delineate

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
12
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/dɪˈlɪniːeɪt/ (UK)

Definition of delineate

6 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  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.”
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verb

  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. (figuratively)To outline or mark out.

adj

  1. (obsolete)Delineated, sketched out.
    “That forme which […] is delineate in the planispheare”
  2. (obsolete)Sketched out, portrayed, described, defined.
    “ſtill do I ſee in Him delineate his mother's viſage.”

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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.

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