delineate

Pronunciation: /dɪˈlɪniːeɪt/

The English word “delineate” has 6 meanings listed here.

verb

To sketch out, draw or trace an outline.
To depict, represent with pictures.
To describe or depict with words or gestures.
To outline or mark out.

adjective

Delineated, sketched out.
Sketched out, portrayed, described, defined.

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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