delineate
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delineate
- /dɪˈlɪniːeɪt/ UK
Where it comes from
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.
verb delineates · delineating · delineated
- 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.
- To depict, represent with pictures.
- To describe or depict with words or gestures.
- To outline or mark out.
adjective more delineate · most delineate
- Delineated, sketched out. That forme which […] is delineate in the planispheare
- Sketched out, portrayed, described, defined. ſtill do I ſee in Him delineate his mother's viſage.
