DESCRIBE, DESCRIPTION
NOUNS
► ADUMBRATION representation in outline; sketching; an outline, a sketch, a shadowy figure; a faint or light sketch or description → 1552
► DECIPHER description, delineation → a1670 obs.
► DESCRIVING description; the act of describing → 1714 Sc.
► IMPORTRAITURE the act of portraying in or upon something; a portrait or description → 1836
► PANTOGRAPHY complete description → 1828
► RUNDOWN a catalogue of information, facts, etc., or a brief description → 1945 sl., orig. US
► SPEC a detailed working description of something → 1956 sl.
VERBS
► DECIPHER to represent verbally or pictorially; to describe, to delineate, to portray, to depict → a1572 obs.
► DECLARE to manifest, to make known; to describe, to state in detail; to recount, to relate → c1340 obs.
► DESCRIVE to describe → 1787 Sc.