单词 | deline |
释义 | † delinev. Obsolete. 1. transitive. To portray or communicate (something) in words; to describe; = delineate v. 3. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > narration > description or act of describing > describe [verb (transitive)] sayOE devisec1300 readc1300 to make (a) showing ofc1330 counterfeitc1369 expressc1386 scrievec1390 descrya1400 scrya1400 drawa1413 representc1425 describec1450 report1460 qualify?1465 exhibit1534 perscribe1538 to set out1545 deline1566 delineate1566 decipher1567 denotate1599 lineate16.. denote1612 givea1616 inform?1615 to shape out1633 speaka1637 display1726 to hit off1737 1566 T. Heskyns Parl. Chryste ii. lxi. f. ccxvi Therfore for the bloode of vnreasonable beastes, our Lord geueth his owne blood. And well in a cuppe, that he might shewe the olde Testament to haue delined this before. 1680 R. Baxter tr. J. H. Alsted in 2nd Pt. Nonconformists Plea for Peace vi. 130 If you will paint a good Prince, you shall deline some celestial wight, liker to a God than to a man; absolute in all the numbers of vertues. 2. transitive. To mark or trace out (a design, sketch, diagram, map, etc.); = delineate v. 1a. Also: to outline (a strategy, scheme, proposal, etc.); to sketch out; = delineate v. 4.In quot. 1660 in figurative context. ΘΚΠ society > communication > representation > a plastic or graphic representation > graphic representation > drawing plans or diagrams > make plan or diagram of [verb (transitive)] > sketch out delineate1559 deline1589 faint-draw1728 1589 P. Ive Pract. Fortification 12 in tr. R. Beccarie de Pavie Instr. Warres The Duke of Alua..caused the Castle of Antwerpe after the first marking to be delined a newe in many parts. 1660 N. Hare in Rev. Eng. Stud. (1960) 44 381 I..Am grieud such way should not be like to this,—As ready found, as euenly delined. Kept with like gates, as hard to be declined. a1734 R. North Examen (1740) vii. 523 A certain Plan had been delined out for a farther Proceeding to retrieve all with Help of the Parliament. Derivatives delining n. ΚΠ 1589 P. Ive Pract. Fortification 36 in tr. R. Beccarie de Pavie Instr. Warres Proceede as in the delyning of a bulwarke. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020). < v.1566 |
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