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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Teller :: Teller (n.) One who tells, relates, or communicates; an informer, narrator, or describer..
Locus :: Locus (n.) The line traced by a point which varies its position according to some determinate law; the surface described by a point or line that moves according to a given law.
Describe :: Describe (v. i.) To use the faculty of describing; to give a description; as, Milton describes with uncommon force and beauty..
Discrive :: Discrive (v. t.) To describe.
Castile Soap :: Castile soap () A kind of fine, hard, white or mottled soap, made with olive oil and soda; also, a soap made in imitation of the above-described soap..
Gyre :: Gyre (n.) A circular motion, or a circle described by a moving body; a turn or revolution; a circuit..
Depict :: Depict (v. t.) To represent in words; to describe vividly.
Depaint :: Depaint (v. t.) To paint; to picture; hence, to describe; to delineate in words; to depict..
Phylloxera :: Phylloxera (n.) The diseased condition of a vine caused by the insect just described.
Adenography :: Adenography (n.) That part of anatomy which describes the glands.
Zoographer :: Zoographer (n.) One who describes animals, their forms and habits..
Behemoth :: Behemoth (n.) An animal, probably the hippopotamus, described in Job xl. 15-24..
Describable :: Describable (a.) That can be described; capable of description.
Tartarus :: Tartarus (n.) The infernal regions, described in the Iliad as situated as far below Hades as heaven is above the earth, and by later writers as the place of punishment for the spirits of the wicked. By the later poets, also, the name is often used synonymously with Hades, or the Lower World in general..
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..
"""haemony " :: Haemony (n.) A plant described by Milton as of sovereign use against all enchantments..
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.
Lichenographist :: Lichenographist (n.) One who describes lichens; one versed in lichenography.
Nondescript :: Nondescript (a.) Not hitherto described; novel; hence, odd; abnormal; unclassifiable..
Unspeakable :: Unspeakable (a.) Not speakable; incapable of being uttered or adequately described; inexpressible; unutterable; ineffable; as, unspeakable grief or rage..
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