limn
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I limn issues it raises.
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- transitive verb To describe.
- transitive verb To depict by painting or drawing. See Synonyms at represent.
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- How amusing it would be to limn his old friend as a Dorian Gray. — A Suitable Vengeance
- Todd is a skillful and sensitive writer able to limn characters quickly and convincingly and Ian Rutledge is a unique and uniquely compelling sleuth. — Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
- Didst thou in masterly disdain of too much law Not only limn the truths no others saw But also, lord not slave of written word, — The Eye of Zeitoon
- He watched tears limn the child's eyes, and his mouth thinned into a cynical smile. — Fox Evil
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I limn issues it raises.
— 'Listening to Prozac'
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- Middle English limnen, to illuminate (a manuscript), probably alteration (influenced by limnour, illustrator) of luminen, from Old French luminer, from Latin lūmināre, to illuminate, adorn, from lūmen, lūmin-, light; see leuk- in Indo-European roots.
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