Definition of describe

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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..

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Crystallographer :: Crystallographer (n.) One who describes crystals, or the manner of their formation; one versed in crystallography..
Oblongum :: Oblongum (n.) A prolate spheroid; a figure described by the revolution of an ellipse about its greater axis. Cf. Oblatum, and see Ellipsoid of revolution, under Ellipsoid..
Nondescript :: Nondescript (a.) Not hitherto described; novel; hence, odd; abnormal; unclassifiable..
Femalize :: Femalize (v. t.) To make, or to describe as, female or feminine..
Ornithologist :: Ornithologist (n.) One skilled in ornithology; a student of ornithology; one who describes birds.
Mythology :: Mythology (n.) A body of myths; esp., the collective myths which describe the gods of a heathen people; as, the mythology of the Greeks..
Ampersand :: Ampersand (n.) A word used to describe the character /, /, or &..
Differentiate :: Differentiate (v. t.) To express the specific difference of; to describe the properties of (a thing) whereby it is differenced from another of the same class; to discriminate.
Draw :: Draw (v. t.) To represent by lines drawn; to form a sketch or a picture of; to represent by a picture; to delineate; hence, to represent by words; to depict; to describe..
Cherub :: Cherub (n.) A mysterious composite being, the winged footstool and chariot of the Almighty, described in Ezekiel i. and x..
Feeling :: Feeling (n.) An act or state of perception by the sense above described; an act of apprehending any object whatever; an act or state of apprehending the state of the soul itself; consciousness.
Paint :: Paint (v. t.) Fig.: To represent or exhibit to the mind; to describe vividly; to delineate; to image; to depict.
Descrive :: Descrive (v. t.) To describe.
Leviathan :: Leviathan (n.) An aquatic animal, described in the book of Job, ch. xli., and mentioned in other passages of Scripture..
Faunist :: Faunist (n.) One who describes the fauna of country; a naturalist.
Tortoise :: Tortoise (n.) having a color like that of a tortoise's shell, black with white and orange spots; -- used mostly to describe cats of that color..
Define :: Define (v. t.) To determine the precise signification of; to fix the meaning of; to describe accurately; to explain; to expound or interpret; as, to define a word, a phrase, or a scientific term..
Hydrographer :: Hydrographer (n.) One skilled in the hydrography; one who surveys, or draws maps or charts of, the sea, lakes, or other waters, with the adjacent shores; one who describes the sea or other waters..
Cometographer :: Cometographer (n.) One who describes or writes about comets.
Lilliputian :: Lilliputian (a.) Of or pertaining to the imaginary island of Lilliput described by Swift, or to its inhabitants..
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