Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To describe.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb obsolete To describe.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb obsolete To describe.

Etymologies

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Old French descrivre. See describe.

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Examples

  • Perhaps you can suggest a better term to descrive that discrepancy?

    Status in Mexico 2009

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    Status in Mexico 2009

  • Perhaps you can suggest a better term to descrive that discrepancy? joaquinx

    Status in Mexico 2009

  • Perhaps you can suggest a better term to descrive that discrepancy? joaquinx

    Status in Mexico 2009

  • Perhaps you can suggest a better term to descrive that discrepancy?

    Status in Mexico 2009

  • Perhaps you can suggest a better term to descrive that discrepancy? joaquinx

    Status in Mexico 2009

  • Perhaps you can suggest a better term to descrive that discrepancy? joaquinx

    Status in Mexico 2009

  • Perhaps you can suggest a better term to descrive that discrepancy?

    Status in Mexico 2009

  • Perhaps you can suggest a better term to descrive that discrepancy?

    Status in Mexico 2009

  • Perhaps you can suggest a better term to descrive that discrepancy?

    Status in Mexico 2009

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  • In addition, descrive means to write down, inscribe; to write out, transcribe (OED).

    May 6, 2012