From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Limn \Limn\ (l[i^]m), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Limned} (l[i^]md); p. pr. & vb. n. {Limning} (l[i^]m"n[i^]ng or l[i^]m"[i^]ng).] [OE. limnen, fr. luminen, for enluminen, F. enluminer to illuminate, to limn, LL. illuminare to paint. [root]122. See {Illuminate}, {Luminous}.]
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. --Sir T. Browne.
2. Hence: To picture in words; to describe in graphic terms. [PJC]
3. To illumine, as books or parchments, with ornamental figures, letters, or borders.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
verb
1: trace the shape of [syn: {delineate}, {outline}]
2: make a portrait of; "Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba" [syn: {portray}, {depict}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
60 Moby Thesaurus words for "limn": bring to life, cartoon, catch a likeness, chalk, character, characterize, charcoal, chart, color, contour, copy, crayon, crosshatch, dash off, daub, delineate, depict, describe, design, diagram, doodle, draft, draw, evoke, express, give words to, hatch, hit off, image, interpret, map, notate, outline, paint, paint a picture, pencil, picture, picturize, portray, print, profile, register, render, represent, rub, schematize, scratch, scumble, set forth, shade, silhouette, sketch, stencil, symbolize, take a rubbing, tint, trace, trace out, trace over, write
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