The action or an act of describing something or someone (in various senses); description; a description.

The setting forth or expounding of a topic; exposition, description, relation. Obsolete.

The action or fact of describing something or someone; portrayal in words.

Description. (Cf. devise, v. 13.)

The action or an act of describing something (in various senses). Cf. descry, v.2

The action or an act of setting forth or describing something; a statement or explication; the form or method of setting something forth in this way.

The action or fact of describing something or someone; description.

The action of portraying in words; the describing of something or someone, esp. precisely, authoritatively, or in detail; (now frequently) the…

The act of setting forth descriptively; a description. Obsolete.

The action of presenting something to the mind or to mental perception; a description or statement; the setting forth of an idea, point of view, etc.

The action or process of presenting to the mind or imagination; an instance of this; (also) the result of this process; an image or picture…

Expression of ideas in words; verbal description. Obsolete. rare.

A description of human character, a character sketch. Now historical and somewhat rare.

A description, a delineation. Obsolete. rare.

A description or analysis of the character of someone or something; a portrayal in words. Also: an instance or the process of specifying the…

Renewed or repeated description; an instance of this, a new or different description.

The practice or tendency to give descriptions rather than explanations, theories, etc. Also (esp. in literature and art): a style or method…