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- LIMN Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
Limn is a word with lustrous origins, tracing ultimately to the Latin verb illuminare, meaning "to illuminate " Its use in English dates back to the Middle Ages, when it was used for the action of illuminating (that is, decorating) medieval manuscripts with gold, silver, or brilliant colors
- Limned - definition of limned by The Free Dictionary
To describe or depict by painting or drawing 2 To suffuse or highlight with light or color; illuminate: "There was just enough juice left in Merrill's flashlight to limn the outlines: A round lobe here Another lobe over there" (Hampton Sides) 3 To describe or portray in words
- LIMN | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
Leonardo da Vinci limned in his notebooks painstaking studies that explored the intricacies of human anatomy In limning the responsibilities of a platoon leader, he explains what is expected of an officer He has become known in his films for limning vivid portraits of the country's subcultures
- Limn - Definition, Meaning Synonyms | Vocabulary. com
Limn is a verb that means "to represent" or "portray " It is most often used to describe the act of drawing or painting a portrait, but it can also refer to describing or outlining a scene or event
- limn - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
As if to reaffirm her imagination, the sun broke through the trees to limn his broad shoulders with gold Still, though their terminology changed and their analysis developed, the model is limned fairly clearly as early as 1845–46, in the co-written The German Ideology
- LIMN Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
Limn definition: to represent in drawing or painting See examples of LIMN used in a sentence
- limned, adj. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English . . .
limned, adj meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary
- LIMN definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
3 meanings: 1 to represent in drawing or painting 2 archaic to describe in words 3 → an obsolete word for illuminate Click for more definitions
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