About The Word Limn
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Limn
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What's The Definition Of Limn?
[v] make a portrait of; "Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba"
[v] trace the shape of Synonyms | Synonyms for Limn: delineate | depict | outline | portray Related Terms | Find terms related to 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 See Also | contour | draw | interpret | lipstick | represent Limn In Webster's Dictionary \Limn\ (l[i^]m), v. t. [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. To illumine, as books or parchments, with ornamental
figures, letters, or borders.
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