英语词汇“limn”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	limn
释义	limn \ˈlim\ transitive verb (limned \-md\ ; limned ; limning \-m(n)iŋ\ ; limns) Etymology: Middle English limnen to illuminate (a manuscript), alteration of luminen, modification of Middle French enluminer to illuminate (a manuscript), light up, from Old French, modification (influenced by Old French en-) of Latin illuminare to light up, illuminate, embellish — more at illuminate 1. a. : to draw or paint upon a canvas or other flat surface < not every ancestral likeness had been limned by the brush of a maestro — R.P.Warren > b. : to outline in clear sharp detail : delineate < sees the tanker limned in her periscope sights — E.L.Beach > < the sweep of the main avenues sprang forth limned in light — H.T.Desa > < its contours framed in a luminous aureole rather than limned — Norman Douglas > 2. : to describe or portray in symbols (as words or notes) < testimony limned a desperate situation — Time > < limns the complete domination and degradation of the state — Murray Seasongood > Synonyms: see represent
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