Definition of describe

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Describe (v. t.) To represent by words written or spoken; to give an account of; to make known to others by words or signs; as, the geographer describes countries and cities..

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Wormian :: Wormian (a.) Discovered or described by Olanus Wormius, a Danish anatomist..
Phylloxera :: Phylloxera (n.) The diseased condition of a vine caused by the insect just described.
Differentiate :: Differentiate (v. t.) To express the specific difference of; to describe the properties of (a thing) whereby it is differenced from another of the same class; to discriminate.
Oblatum :: Oblatum (n.) An oblate spheroid; a figure described by the revolution of an ellipse about its minor axis. Cf. Oblongum.
Stork :: Storify (v. t.) To form or tell stories of; to narrate or describe in a story.
Tortoise :: Tortoise (n.) having a color like that of a tortoise's shell, black with white and orange spots; -- used mostly to describe cats of that color..
Odyssey :: Odyssey (n.) An epic poem attributed to Homer, which describes the return of Ulysses to Ithaca after the siege of Troy..
Epithet :: Epithet (v. t.) To describe by an epithet.
Terrier :: Terrier (n.) In modern usage, a book or roll in which the lands of private persons or corporations are described by their site, boundaries, number of acres, or the like..
Describe :: Describe (v. t.) To distribute into parts, groups, or classes; to mark off; to class..
Hiss :: Hiss (n.) Any sound resembling that above describe.
Graphical :: Graphical (a.) Well delineated; clearly and vividly described.
Circumduction :: Circumduction (n.) The rotation of a limb round an imaginary axis, so as to describe a concial surface..
Zoographer :: Zoographer (n.) One who describes animals, their forms and habits..
Element :: Element (n.) Sometimes a curve, or surface, or volume is considered as described by a moving point, or curve, or surface, the latter being at any instant called an element of the former..
Faunist :: Faunist (n.) One who describes the fauna of country; a naturalist.
Hodgkin''s Disease :: Hodgkin's disease () A morbid condition characterized by progressive anaemia and enlargement of the lymphatic glands; -- first described by Dr. Hodgkin, an English physician..
Topographer :: Topographer (n.) One who is skilled in the science of topography; one who describes a particular place, town, city, or tract of land..
Crystallographer :: Crystallographer (n.) One who describes crystals, or the manner of their formation; one versed in crystallography..
Leviathan :: Leviathan (n.) An aquatic animal, described in the book of Job, ch. xli., and mentioned in other passages of Scripture..
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