limn

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I limn issues it raises.

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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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  • 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
  • I limn issues it raises. —  'Listening to Prozac'
 

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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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/ (lĭm)/
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