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Limn   Listen
verb
Limn  v. t.  (past & past part. limned; pres. part. limning)  
1.
To draw or paint; especially, to represent in an artistic way with pencil or brush. "Let a painter carelessly limn out a million of faces, and you shall find them all different."
2.
Hence: To picture in words; to describe in graphic terms.
3.
To illumine, as books or parchments, with ornamental figures, letters, or borders.





Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48


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"Limn" Quotes from Famous Books



... spell names over with beer-glasses 860 Be under vows to hang and die Love's sacrifice, and all a lie? With china-oranges and tarts And whinning plays, lay baits for hearts? Bribe chamber-maids with love and money, 865 To break no roguish jests upon ye? For lilies limn'd on cheeks, and roses, With painted perfumes, hazard noses? Or, vent'ring to be brisk and wanton, Do penance in a paper lanthorn? 870 All this you may compound for now, By suffering what I offer you; Which is no more than has been done By Knights for Ladies long agone. Did not the great ...
— Hudibras • Samuel Butler


Words linked to "Limn" :   outline, artistic creation, limner, interpret, depict, art, draw, contour, lipstick


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