Describe

  • 21describe — transitive verb (described; describing) Etymology: Middle English, from Latin describere, from de + scribere to write more at scribe Date: 15th century 1. to represent or give an account of in words < describe a picture > 2. to represent by a&#8230; …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 22describe — verb /dəˈskɹaɪb,dɪsˈkɹaɪb/ a) To represent in words. The feeling is difficult to describe, but not unpleasant. b) To give rise to a geometrical structure. The function describes a very complex surface. Syn: portray, depict, report …

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  • 23describe — [15] To describe something is literally to ‘write it down’. The word comes from Latin dēscrībere, a compound verb formed from the prefix dē ‘down’ and scrībere ‘write’ (source of English scribe, script, etc). English originally borrowed it via&#8230; …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 24describe —   Hō ike ano, ha i ano, ho ākaaka, hoakaka;    ♦ describe fully; huliko a …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 25describe — [15] To describe something is literally to ‘write it down’. The word comes from Latin dēscrībere, a compound verb formed from the prefix dē ‘down’ and scrībere ‘write’ (source of English scribe, script, etc). English originally borrowed it via&#8230; …

    Word origins

  • 26describe incorrectly — index mislabel Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 27describe the properties of — index define Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 28describe — (лат.) описывать …

    Словарь ботанических терминов

  • 29describe — Synonyms and related words: be characteristic, bring to life, character, characterize, chronicle, construe, define, delineate, demarcate, depict, detail, diagnose, differentiate, distinguish, draw, earmark, evoke, explain, express, give words to …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 30describe — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. delineate, characterize, portray, depict, picture, give an account of, illuminate, make clear, make vivid, give the details of, convey a verbal image of, particularize, define, specify, elucidate, epitomize, report, draw,&#8230; …

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