transitive. To give an account of, describe; to make a report of; to tell of, speak about. Cf. sense A. 10a. Obsolete.
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释义 | the mind > language > speech > narration > description or act of describing > describe [verb (transitive)] (75) sayOE transitive. To give an account of, describe; to make a report of; to tell of, speak about. Cf. sense A. 10a. Obsolete. devisec1300 To set forth in detail, recount, describe. readc1300 transitive. To speak of or mention; to describe; to name or call. Obsolete (archaic in later use). to make (a) showing ofc1330 to make (a) showing of: = show, v.; (in later use esp., typically in legal contexts) to demonstrate. Now somewhat archaic or formal. counterfeitc1369 To represent, portray, or reproduce in writing or by literary art. Obsolete. expressc1386 To give an account of, describe. Obsolete. scrievec1390 transitive. To describe (something); to state (something) in writing. Obsolete. descrya1400 transitive. To give a description of; to describe. Also intransitive. scrya1400 transitive. To describe. drawa1413 transitive. figurative. To depict (something) through the use of words; to portray in words; to describe. Also with picture, portrait, etc., as… representc1425 transitive. To bring before or into the presence of; to present to, introduce, esp. formally or ceremoniously. Obsolete. describec1450 transitive. Of a person, text, passage, etc.: to use words to convey a mental image or impression of (a person, thing, scene, situation, event, etc.)… report1460 transitive. With adverb or adverbial phrase. To describe (a person) in a specified manner or as possessing a specified quality. Now rare. qualify?1465 To attribute a certain quality or qualities to. transitive. To describe or designate in a particular way; to characterize as something; to name… exhibit1534 To set forth (in words or figures); to detail. perscribe1538 transitive. To write out or describe at length or in full. to set out1545 †To exhibit graphically (obsolete); to put down on paper in express or detailed form; to describe or enumerate expressly; to detail. deline1566 transitive. To portray or communicate (something) in words; to describe; = delineate, v. 3. delineate1566 transitive. To portray (a person or thing) in words; to set down in writing; to describe, esp. precisely, authoritatively, or in detail. decipher1567 transitive. To represent, esp. verbally or pictorially; to describe, depict, portray. Cf. cipher, v. 3. Obsolete. denotate1599 To note down, particularize, describe; to mark out, indicate; = denote, v. 1 2. lineate16.. transitive. To delineate; to represent either by drawing or by description. denote1612 transitive. To note down; to put into or state in writing; to describe. Obsolete. givea1616 To represent, describe, portray, report. Now rare. †Also reflexive with complement: To appear, present itself as. Obsolete. inform?1615 transitive. To delineate, sketch, describe. Obsolete. rare. to shape out1633 to shape out: to depict, describe. Obsolete. speaka1637 To describe (a person). Now archaic. display1726 To set forth in representation or narrative; to depict, describe, exhibit; to set forth at large, expound; to unfold (a tale). Obsolete or archaic. to hit off1737 To describe, represent, or reproduce successfully or to a nicety. Subcategories:— again (1) — in detail or graphically (16) — sketch or outline (4) — in part (1) — describe the character of (11) — sum up (13) |
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