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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Limn \Limn\ (l[i^]m), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Limned (l[i^]md); p.
pr. & vb. n. Limning (l[i^]m"n[i^]ng or l[i^]m"[i^]ng).]
[OE. limnen, fr. luminen, for enluminen, F. enluminer to
illuminate, to limn, LL. illuminare to paint. [root]122. See
Illuminate, Luminous.]
1. 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. --Sir
T. Browne.
[1913 Webster]
2. Hence: To picture in words; to describe in graphic terms.
[PJC]
3. To illumine, as books or parchments, with ornamental
figures, letters, or borders.
[1913 Webster]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Limn \Limn\ (l[i^]m), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Limned (l[i^]md); p.
pr. & vb. n. Limning (l[i^]m"n[i^]ng or l[i^]m"[i^]ng).]
[OE. limnen, fr. luminen, for enluminen, F. enluminer to
illuminate, to limn, LL. illuminare to paint. [root]122. See
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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
limn
v 1: trace the shape of [syn: delineate, outline]
2: make a portrait of; "Goya wanted to portray his mistress,
the Duchess of Alba" [syn: portray, depict]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
limn
vb.
1 (lb en transitive also figuratively) To draw#Verb or paint#Verb; to
delineate.
2 (lb en transitive obsolete) To illuminate, as a manuscript; to
decorate with gold or some other bright colour#Noun.
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
limn-
pre.
(alternative form of en limno-)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
limn
vb.
1 (lb en transitive also figuratively) To draw#Verb or paint#Verb; to
delineate.
2 (lb en transitive obsolete) To illuminate, as a manuscript; to
decorate with gold or some other bright colour#Noun.
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
limn-
pre.
(alternative form of en limno-)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
limn
vb.
1 (lb en transitive also figuratively) To draw#Verb or paint#Verb; to
delineate.
2 (lb en transitive obsolete) To illuminate, as a manuscript; to
decorate with gold or some other bright colour#Noun.
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
limn-
pre.
(alternative form of en limno-)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
limn
vb.
1 (lb en transitive also figuratively) To draw#Verb or paint#Verb; to
delineate.
2 (lb en transitive obsolete) To illuminate, as a manuscript; to
decorate with gold or some other bright colour#Noun.
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
limn-
pre.
(alternative form of en limno-)
From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]limn /lˈɪm/ 1. (eski) resmetmek, resmini yapmak 2. betimlemek. Iim'ner ressam.From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]/ˈɫɪm/
60 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]v. 描写,描绘;From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
vt. 描写,描绘