figurative. In early use: comprehensive relation or description (of a subject). Later: circumlocution; verbal or literary wandering or digression…

The action or process of stating or describing in detail; a detailed statement or description.

A complete or general description. Obsolete.

Exact portraiture; realistic description. Also: an instance of this. Obsolete.

figurative. An exact representation or description. Obsolete (since the daguerreotype itself has yielded to improved photographic processes).

The action of the verb; also attributive.