described

transitive verb described -·scribed′, describing -·scrib′·ing

1. to tell or write about; give a detailed account of
2. to picture in words
3. to trace the outline of his arm described an arc in the air
4. Obsolete to descry: so used through confusion

Etymology: ME descriven < OFr descrivre < L describere, to copy down, transcribe < de-, from + scribere, to write: see scribe