delineate

Delineate is defined as to trace an outline, to sketch something or to describe with great specificity.

(verb)

An example of delineate is to draw the outline of the United States.
An example of delineate is to explain a specific drawing down to the last detail.

See delineate in Webster's New World College Dictionary

Origin: < L delineatus, pp. of delineare, to mark out, sketch < de-, from + linea, line

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See delineate in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb de·lin·e·at·ed, de·lin·e·at·ing, de·lin·e·ates

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Origin: Latin dēlīneāre, dēlīneāt-

Origin: : dē-, de-

Origin: + līnea, line, thread; see line¹

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