Definition of delineate

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Delineate (v. t.) To indicate by lines drawn in the form or figure of; to represent by sketch, design, or diagram; to sketch out; to portray; to picture; in drawing and engraving, to represent in lines, as with the pen, pencil, or graver; hence, to represent with accuracy and minuteness. See Delineation..

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Trace :: Trace (v. t.) To mark out; to draw or delineate with marks; especially, to copy, as a drawing or engraving, by following the lines and marking them on a sheet superimposed, through which they appear; as, to trace a figure or an outline; a traced drawing..
Lineal :: Lineal (a.) Composed of lines; delineated; as, lineal designs..
Cheirosophy :: Cheirosophy (n.) The art of reading character as it is delineated in the hand.
Touch :: Touch (v. t.) To mark or delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke to with the pencil or brush.
Delineable :: Delineable (a.) Capable of being, or liable to be, delineated..
Grave :: Grave (v. i.) To write or delineate on hard substances, by means of incised lines; to practice engraving..
Delineation :: Delineation (n.) A delineated picture; representation; sketch; description in words.
Take :: Take (v. t.) To form a likeness of; to copy; to delineate; to picture; as, to take picture of a person..
Delineate :: Delineate (a.) Delineated; portrayed.
Etch :: Etch (v. t.) To sketch; to delineate.
Drawer :: Drawer (n.) One who delineates or depicts; a draughtsman; as, a good drawer..
Roughdraw :: Roughdraw (v. t.) To draw or delineate rapidly and by way of a first sketch.
Describe :: Describe (v. t.) To represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to delineate; to trace or mark out; as, to describe a circle by the compasses; a torch waved about the head in such a way as to describe a circle..
Project :: Project (v. t.) To draw or exhibit, as the form of anything; to delineate; as, to project a sphere, a map, an ellipse, and the like; -- sometimes with on, upon, into, etc.; as, to project a line or point upon a plane. See Projection, 4..
Astroscope :: Astroscope (n.) An old astronomical instrument, formed of two cones, on whose surface the constellations were delineated..
Enchase :: Enchase (v. t.) To delineate or describe, as by writing..
Defigure :: Defigure (v. t.) To delineate.
Deline :: Deline (v. t.) To delineate.
Delineator :: Delineator (n.) A perambulator which records distances and delineates a profile, as of a road..
Ophiuchus :: Ophiuchus (n.) A constellation in the Northern Hemisphere, delineated as a man holding a serpent in his hands; -- called also Serpentarius..
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