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Word: Limn
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘illuminate a manuscript’): alteration of obsolete lumine ‘illuminate’, via Old French luminer from Latin luminare ‘make light’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
lɪm
Dialects: British English
Definition:
depict or describe in painting or words
Short Definition:depict or describe in painting or words
Examples:- Miss Read limns a gentler world in her novels
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