limn (english) - Kamus SABDA

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Verb (transitive)

TANDA HUBUNG

limn

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb has 2 senses

limn(v = verb.creation) delineate, outline - trace the shape of;

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

limn(v = verb.creation) depict, portray - make a portrait of; "Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba"

Derived form noun limner₁

Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s something

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CIDE DICTIONARY

, v. t. Array

To draw or paint; especially, to represent in an artistic way with pencil or brush. [1913 Webster]
To picture in words; to describe in graphic terms. [PJC]
To illumine, as books or parchments, with ornamental figures, letters, or borders. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

, v.tr.
1 archaic paint (esp. a miniature portrait).
2 hist. illuminate (manuscripts).

Derivative

limner n.

Etymology

obs. lumine illuminate f. OF luminer f. L luminare: see LUMEN

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THESAURUS

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