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   delineate

   /dɪˈlɪnɪeɪt/

   verb

   • 1. describe or portray (something) precisely: "the law should delineate and prohibit behaviour which is socially abhorrent" Similar describeset forthset outpresentoutlinedepictportrayrepresentcharacterizemap outchartdefinedetailspecifyidentifyparticularizeliterary:limn
   • 2. indicate the exact position of (a border or boundary): "his finger found a precisely outlined section delineated in red marker" Similar outlinetracedraw the lines ofdrawsketchblock inmark (out/off)delimitmark the boundaries/limits of

   Word Origin mid 16th century (in the sense ‘trace the outline of something’): from Latin delineat- ‘outlined’, from the verb delineare, from de- ‘out, completely’ + lineare (from linea ‘line’).

   Derivatives

   • 1. delineator noun

   Scrabble Points: 10

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