transitive. To give a written description of (something); to describe or depict in writing. Now archaic and rare.
transitive. To write of or about; to set forth or describe in writing. Now rare.
transitive. To follow the course of with the eyes (cf. follow, v. 5), or (less commonly) in the imagination, etc.; to trace. Also with the eyes as…
transitive. To describe concisely by means of a thumbnail sketch. Also intransitive.