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  1. transitive verb To describe.
  2. transitive verb To depict by painting or drawing. See Synonyms at represent.

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  • He therefore induced Mr. Gilchrist to limn the rustic novelty to the greatest advantage, which was done accordingly in the first number of the 'London Magazine.' —  The Life of John Clare
  • Yesterday begun my wife to learn to, limn of one Browne, —  The Diary of Samuel Pepys, May/Jun 1665
  • How amusing it would be to limn his old friend as a Dorian Gray. —  A Suitable Vengeance
  • When they were together during those weekends, it was as if nothing else mattered in the world. —  Message in a Bottle
  • 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
 

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  1. 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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  1. from Middle English limnen, contr. of luminen, an aphetic form of enluminen, from Old French enluminer, from Latin illuminare, inluminare, illuminate, burnish, limn: see illumine, illuminate.
 

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