delineatev.

Brit.

/dᵻˈlɪnɪeɪt/, U.S.

/dəˈlɪniˌeɪt/,

/diˈlɪniˌeɪt/

Forms: 1500s deliniat, 1500s–1600s delineat, 1500s–1600s deliniat, 1500s– delineate, 1600s diliniate.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin dēlīneāt-, dēlīneāre.

Etymology: < classical Latin dēlīneāt-, past participial stem (see -ate suffix³) of dēlīneāre to trace the outline of (Pliny; also dēlīniāre (2nd cent. a.d. in Apuleius)) < dē- de- prefix + līneāre lineate v. Compare earlier delineation n., slightly later deline v., and also earlier describe v. and later depict v.Compare Spanish delinear (1589), Portuguese delinear (14th cent.), Italian delineare (a1597).

a. transitive. To trace or mark out (an object, feature, figure, etc.) with lines, as on a map; to trace, mark, or indicate the outline or position of (something).

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > representation > a plastic or graphic representation > graphic representation > drawing plans or diagrams > make plan or diagram of [verb (transitive)] > sketch out

delineate1559

deline1589

faint-draw1728

1559 W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse 6 Geographie doe deliniat, and set out the vniuersal earth.

1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion To Rdr. sig. A ^v The Map, liuely delineating to thee, euery Mountaine, Forrest, riuer, and Valley.

1710 G. Berkeley Treat. Princ. Human Knowl. §127 When therefore I delineate a triangle on paper.

1870 F. R. Wilson Archit. Surv. Churches Lindisfarne 61 The exact position is delineated on the plan.

1955 S. Spender Coll. Poems 171 Straight mouldings delineate tall windows.

2003 Scots Mag. Feb. 198/2 The concentric ring pattern is quite similar, the lines often delineated in white, with the surrounding colour of the stone varying from mussel blue to pink.

b. transitive. To establish or indicate the position of (a material or immaterial border or boundary). Also: to form or mark the border or boundary of (an area, territory, etc.).

ΚΠ

a1618 W. Raleigh Seat of Govt. in Sceptick (1651) 64 It is a difficult piece of Geographie, to delineate and lay out the bounds of Authority.

1784 W. Herschel in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 74 417 Assume a point, and apply to it lines proportional to the several gages that have been obtained, and at such angles from each other as they may point out; then will the termination of these lines delineate the boundary of the stratum.

1852 Maine Rep. 32 83 The southern line of the lot separates it from the way... It clearly delineates the limits of each.

1937 Financial Times 19 June 4/3 The exploration drilling at Bachaquero is being continued, with the object of delineating the prospective area.

2015 K. Ahronson Into Ocean iv. 84 The western and southern boundaries were delineated by the escarpment edge.

c. transitive. To identify or assert (a distinction) between two things or groups; to distinguish (something) from something else. Also intransitive.

ΚΠ

1819 D. M. Reese Observ. Epidemic 1819, Baltimore App. 96 They..do not inform us..what difference can be delineated between two diseases which are exactly alike.

1954 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 17 Apr. 42/1 I would have the devil's own time delineating a robin from a Super Constellation, much less a blue-gray gnatcatcher from a boat-tailed grackle.

2019 Independent (Nexis) 1 Aug. (Sport section) 65 It's vital sportspeople delineate between ‘banter’ and ‘bullying’.

2. transitive. To represent (a person or thing) in pictorial form; to portray, depict. Also: to represent or portray (a character) on stage.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > [verb (transitive)] > represent pictorially

figurec1380

pict1483

picture1490

describe1526

delineate1566

shadow1576

blaze1579

depicturec1593

limn1593

depaint1598

depict1631

depinge1657

picturize1796

feature1807

repicture1810

pictorialize1844

1566 A. Rush President for Prince sig. D.j^v The people of Theba..had the pictures of their Princes and Iudges drawen and delineated without handes.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica v. xi. 151 The Licentia pictoria is very large, and with the same reason they may delineate old Nestor like Adonis, Hecuba with Helens face, and Time with Absalons head.

1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. xliv. 261 They were accused of being Anthropomorphites; delineating the Almighty as they did with hands, with eyes, and with feet.

1865 G. Grote Plato I. i. 17 If horses or lions could paint, they would delineate their gods in form like themselves.

1960 Daily Mail 28 May 3/3 Sesco Bruscantini, familiar on the Glyndebourne stage, vividly delineated Ford.

2015 Times 30 Oct. (Arts section) 12/1 We see him [sc. Escher] delighting in pattern..in In Mesquita's Classroom (1920/1)... The textiles the students wear..are beautifully delineated, despite the simple forms.

3. transitive. To portray (a person or thing) in words; to set down in writing; to describe, esp. precisely, authoritatively, or in detail.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > narration > description or act of describing > describe [verb (transitive)]

sayOE

devisec1300

readc1300

to make (a) showing ofc1330

counterfeitc1369

expressc1386

scrievec1390

descrya1400

scrya1400

drawa1413

representc1425

describec1450

report1460

qualify?1465

exhibit1534

perscribe1538

to set out1545

deline1566

delineate1566

decipher1567

denotate1599

lineate16..

denote1612

givea1616

inform?1615

to shape out1633

speaka1637

display1726

to hit off1737

1566 A. Rush President for Prince sig. I.ij So most daintely is it delineated in the holy and sacred Scriptures.

1680 J. Chamberlayne (title) Sacred poem, wherein the birth, miracles, &c. of the Most Holy Jesus are delineated.

1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson I. 4 I profess to write, not his panegyrick, which must be all praise, but his life;..and when I delineate him without reserve, I do what he himself recommended.

1868 J. T. Nettleship Ess. Browning's Poetry Introd. 3 Great as is his power in delineating all human passion.

1936 Philos. Rev. 45 246 The following is an attempt to delineate Ockham's essential contribution, his nominalistic or terministic theory of knowledge to which he owes his chief fame.

2008 Nature 10 Apr. 683/3 The legal documents that some couples sign before getting married, delineating how property and wealth will be split in the event of a divorce.

4. transitive. To sketch out (a picture, design, etc.); to make a first or rough draft of. Also: to outline (a plan, proposal, or subject). Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > representation > a plastic or graphic representation > graphic representation > drawing plans or diagrams > make plan or diagram of [verb (transitive)]

to set down in plat1508

to plat forth1556

delineate1579

plot1588

plat1589

trace1599

to line outa1616

lineament1638

to lay down1669

design1697

plan1734

draught1828

1579 A. Fleming tr. Synesius Paradoxe sig. d.v When Painters delineate and portrait out in colours..an adulterer, they will be sure to remember his bushie hair.

1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. 7 God..never intended to leave the governement thereof delineated here in such curious architecture, to be patch't afterwards.

1734 tr. C. Rollin Method teaching & studying Belles Lettres II. ii. 8 The materials for composition are a kind of plan delineated by the master to his scholars, in order to point out what they are to say upon a subject given.

1825 T. Smith Hist. & Origin Missionary Societies II. iv. iv. 501 They thus represent the achievement of a victory in war, by sketching out a picture of the successful chief,..and by rudely delineating the warriors who accompanied him.

2007 D. Bonner Executive Meas., Terrorism & National Security i. 3 These [measures] are delineated in outline here and analysed in depth in Part III.

Derivatives

deˈlineated adj. that has been delineated (in various senses).

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > representation > [adjective] > represented

portrayeda1400

imaged1493

figured1552

pictured1582

delineate1596

delineated1641

the mind > language > speech > narration > description or act of describing > [adjective] > described

delineate1596

dilatedc1598

delineated1641

specified1645

1641 True Rel. Famous & Renowned Victorie Philip 4 A man that..may deservedly be termed, the Mirrour of compleat Nobilitie, magnanimity, and courage, and a true delineated patterne, and effigies of all those rare parts which ought to bee comprehended in a true-hearted Noble-man.

1704 I. Newton Opticks i. ii. 92 I delineated..in a Paper the perimeter of the Spectrum FAPGMT, and in trying the third Experiment of the first Book, I held the Paper so that the Spectrum might fall upon this delineated Figure.

1839 Brit. & Foreign Rev. 9 39 He is among the first of our school in expression, elegance, and the truthfulness of delineated narrative.

1904 Atlantic Reporter 56 288/1 The company was the absolute owner of the land over which the delineated street lay.

2008 Daily Rec. (Baltimore) (Nexis) 3 Mar. (News section) Under Maryland law, there are three delineated exceptions to the requirement that an appeal must be taken from a final judgment.

deˈlineating n. the action of delineating something (in various senses); delineation; an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > drawing > [noun]

tracingc1440

drawing1467

draught1551

protracture1551

delineation1570

proposition1584

delineating1603

protracting1661

iconography1678

graphic design1956

1603 M. Drayton Barrons Wars vi. lix. 142 Vpon the sundry pictures they deuise,..The landskip, mixtures, and dilineatings.

1610 W. Folkingham Feudigraphia ii. v. 55 For Delineating of Adiuncts, as Edifices and other erections, the Prospectiue glasse is facil & compendious.

1849 Jrnl. 49th Convent. Protestant Episcopal Church New-Hampsh. 16 The cases are exceedingly rare in which it would be right or expedient for a pastor to attempt a delineating of the character of the departed.

2001 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 28 Apr. 1010/1 Studies of genetically influenced variability also are aiding..the delineating of genetic pathology in some cancers.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	delineate
释义	† delineateadj. Forms: 1500s deliniate, 1600s delineat, 1600s–1800s delineate. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin dēlīneātus, dēlīneāre. Etymology: < classical Latin dēlīneātus, past participle of dēlīneāre delineate v. Compare earlier delineate v. Obsolete (archaic and poetic in later use). That is or has been delineated (in various senses of delineate v.); traced out, outlined, described, etc.; = delineated adj. at delineate v. Derivatives. Also (and in earliest use) as past participle. ΘΚΠ society > communication > representation > [adjective] > represented portrayeda1400 imaged1493 figured1552 pictured1582 delineate1596 delineated1641 the mind > language > speech > narration > description or act of describing > [adjective] > described delineate1596 dilatedc1598 delineated1641 specified1645 1596 Raigne of Edward III sig. D3^v Still do I see in him deliniate His mothers visage. View more context for this quotation 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 315 Such an euen and delineat proportion. 1619 J. Bainbridge Astron. Descr. Late Comet 11 That forme which..is delineate in the planispheare. 1773 J. Ross Fratricide (MS) v. 508 But where's the Muse can give delineate life To heavenly Thyrsa. 1845 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 2) Proem p. xiv And for the soul of man delineate here. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online June 2022). delineatev. Brit. /dᵻˈlɪnɪeɪt/, U.S. /dəˈlɪniˌeɪt/, /diˈlɪniˌeɪt/ Forms: 1500s deliniat, 1500s–1600s delineat, 1500s–1600s deliniat, 1500s– delineate, 1600s diliniate. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin dēlīneāt-, dēlīneāre. Etymology: < classical Latin dēlīneāt-, past participial stem (see -ate suffix³) of dēlīneāre to trace the outline of (Pliny; also dēlīniāre (2nd cent. a.d. in Apuleius)) < dē- de- prefix + līneāre lineate v. Compare earlier delineation n., slightly later deline v., and also earlier describe v. and later depict v.Compare Spanish delinear (1589), Portuguese delinear (14th cent.), Italian delineare (a1597). 1. a. transitive. To trace or mark out (an object, feature, figure, etc.) with lines, as on a map; to trace, mark, or indicate the outline or position of (something). ΘΚΠ society > communication > representation > a plastic or graphic representation > graphic representation > drawing plans or diagrams > make plan or diagram of [verb (transitive)] > sketch out delineate1559 deline1589 faint-draw1728 1559 W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse 6 Geographie doe deliniat, and set out the vniuersal earth. 1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion To Rdr. sig. A ^v The Map, liuely delineating to thee, euery Mountaine, Forrest, riuer, and Valley. 1710 G. Berkeley Treat. Princ. Human Knowl. §127 When therefore I delineate a triangle on paper. 1870 F. R. Wilson Archit. Surv. Churches Lindisfarne 61 The exact position is delineated on the plan. 1955 S. Spender Coll. Poems 171 Straight mouldings delineate tall windows. 2003 Scots Mag. Feb. 198/2 The concentric ring pattern is quite similar, the lines often delineated in white, with the surrounding colour of the stone varying from mussel blue to pink. b. transitive. To establish or indicate the position of (a material or immaterial border or boundary). Also: to form or mark the border or boundary of (an area, territory, etc.). ΚΠ a1618 W. Raleigh Seat of Govt. in Sceptick (1651) 64 It is a difficult piece of Geographie, to delineate and lay out the bounds of Authority. 1784 W. Herschel in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 74 417 Assume a point, and apply to it lines proportional to the several gages that have been obtained, and at such angles from each other as they may point out; then will the termination of these lines delineate the boundary of the stratum. 1852 Maine Rep. 32 83 The southern line of the lot separates it from the way... It clearly delineates the limits of each. 1937 Financial Times 19 June 4/3 The exploration drilling at Bachaquero is being continued, with the object of delineating the prospective area. 2015 K. Ahronson Into Ocean iv. 84 The western and southern boundaries were delineated by the escarpment edge. c. transitive. To identify or assert (a distinction) between two things or groups; to distinguish (something) from something else. Also intransitive. ΚΠ 1819 D. M. Reese Observ. Epidemic 1819, Baltimore App. 96 They..do not inform us..what difference can be delineated between two diseases which are exactly alike. 1954 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 17 Apr. 42/1 I would have the devil's own time delineating a robin from a Super Constellation, much less a blue-gray gnatcatcher from a boat-tailed grackle. 2019 Independent (Nexis) 1 Aug. (Sport section) 65 It's vital sportspeople delineate between ‘banter’ and ‘bullying’. 2. transitive. To represent (a person or thing) in pictorial form; to portray, depict. Also: to represent or portray (a character) on stage. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > [verb (transitive)] > represent pictorially figurec1380 pict1483 picture1490 describe1526 delineate1566 shadow1576 blaze1579 depicturec1593 limn1593 depaint1598 depict1631 depinge1657 picturize1796 feature1807 repicture1810 pictorialize1844 1566 A. Rush President for Prince sig. D.j^v The people of Theba..had the pictures of their Princes and Iudges drawen and delineated without handes. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica v. xi. 151 The Licentia pictoria is very large, and with the same reason they may delineate old Nestor like Adonis, Hecuba with Helens face, and Time with Absalons head. View more context for this quotation 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. xliv. 261 They were accused of being Anthropomorphites; delineating the Almighty as they did with hands, with eyes, and with feet. 1865 G. Grote Plato I. i. 17 If horses or lions could paint, they would delineate their gods in form like themselves. 1960 Daily Mail 28 May 3/3 Sesco Bruscantini, familiar on the Glyndebourne stage, vividly delineated Ford. 2015 Times 30 Oct. (Arts section) 12/1 We see him [sc. Escher] delighting in pattern..in In Mesquita's Classroom (1920/1)... The textiles the students wear..are beautifully delineated, despite the simple forms. 3. transitive. To portray (a person or thing) in words; to set down in writing; to describe, esp. precisely, authoritatively, or in detail. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > narration > description or act of describing > describe [verb (transitive)] sayOE devisec1300 readc1300 to make (a) showing ofc1330 counterfeitc1369 expressc1386 scrievec1390 descrya1400 scrya1400 drawa1413 representc1425 describec1450 report1460 qualify?1465 exhibit1534 perscribe1538 to set out1545 deline1566 delineate1566 decipher1567 denotate1599 lineate16.. denote1612 givea1616 inform?1615 to shape out1633 speaka1637 display1726 to hit off1737 1566 A. Rush President for Prince sig. I.ij So most daintely is it delineated in the holy and sacred Scriptures. 1680 J. Chamberlayne (title) Sacred poem, wherein the birth, miracles, &c. of the Most Holy Jesus are delineated. 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson I. 4 I profess to write, not his panegyrick, which must be all praise, but his life;..and when I delineate him without reserve, I do what he himself recommended. 1868 J. T. Nettleship Ess. Browning's Poetry Introd. 3 Great as is his power in delineating all human passion. 1936 Philos. Rev. 45 246 The following is an attempt to delineate Ockham's essential contribution, his nominalistic or terministic theory of knowledge to which he owes his chief fame. 2008 Nature 10 Apr. 683/3 The legal documents that some couples sign before getting married, delineating how property and wealth will be split in the event of a divorce. 4. transitive. To sketch out (a picture, design, etc.); to make a first or rough draft of. Also: to outline (a plan, proposal, or subject). Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > communication > representation > a plastic or graphic representation > graphic representation > drawing plans or diagrams > make plan or diagram of [verb (transitive)] to set down in plat1508 to plat forth1556 delineate1579 plot1588 plat1589 trace1599 to line outa1616 lineament1638 to lay down1669 design1697 plan1734 draught1828 1579 A. Fleming tr. Synesius Paradoxe sig. d.v When Painters delineate and portrait out in colours..an adulterer, they will be sure to remember his bushie hair. 1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. 7 God..never intended to leave the governement thereof delineated here in such curious architecture, to be patch't afterwards. 1734 tr. C. Rollin Method teaching & studying Belles Lettres II. ii. 8 The materials for composition are a kind of plan delineated by the master to his scholars, in order to point out what they are to say upon a subject given. 1825 T. Smith Hist. & Origin Missionary Societies II. iv. iv. 501 They thus represent the achievement of a victory in war, by sketching out a picture of the successful chief,..and by rudely delineating the warriors who accompanied him. 2007 D. Bonner Executive Meas., Terrorism & National Security i. 3 These [measures] are delineated in outline here and analysed in depth in Part III. Derivatives deˈlineated adj. that has been delineated (in various senses). ΘΚΠ society > communication > representation > [adjective] > represented portrayeda1400 imaged1493 figured1552 pictured1582 delineate1596 delineated1641 the mind > language > speech > narration > description or act of describing > [adjective] > described delineate1596 dilatedc1598 delineated1641 specified1645 1641 True Rel. Famous & Renowned Victorie Philip 4 A man that..may deservedly be termed, the Mirrour of compleat Nobilitie, magnanimity, and courage, and a true delineated patterne, and effigies of all those rare parts which ought to bee comprehended in a true-hearted Noble-man. 1704 I. Newton Opticks i. ii. 92 I delineated..in a Paper the perimeter of the Spectrum FAPGMT, and in trying the third Experiment of the first Book, I held the Paper so that the Spectrum might fall upon this delineated Figure. 1839 Brit. & Foreign Rev. 9 39 He is among the first of our school in expression, elegance, and the truthfulness of delineated narrative. 1904 Atlantic Reporter 56 288/1 The company was the absolute owner of the land over which the delineated street lay. 2008 Daily Rec. (Baltimore) (Nexis) 3 Mar. (News section) Under Maryland law, there are three delineated exceptions to the requirement that an appeal must be taken from a final judgment. deˈlineating n. the action of delineating something (in various senses); delineation; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > drawing > [noun] tracingc1440 drawing1467 draught1551 protracture1551 delineation1570 proposition1584 delineating1603 protracting1661 iconography1678 graphic design1956 1603 M. Drayton Barrons Wars vi. lix. 142 Vpon the sundry pictures they deuise,..The landskip, mixtures, and dilineatings. 1610 W. Folkingham Feudigraphia ii. v. 55 For Delineating of Adiuncts, as Edifices and other erections, the Prospectiue glasse is facil & compendious. 1849 Jrnl. 49th Convent. Protestant Episcopal Church New-Hampsh. 16 The cases are exceedingly rare in which it would be right or expedient for a pastor to attempt a delineating of the character of the departed. 2001 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 28 Apr. 1010/1 Studies of genetically influenced variability also are aiding..the delineating of genetic pathology in some cancers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1596v.1559
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† delineateadj.

delineatev.

Derivatives