Definition of describe

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Describe (v. i.) To use the faculty of describing; to give a description; as, Milton describes with uncommon force and beauty..

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Circumduction :: Circumduction (n.) The rotation of a limb round an imaginary axis, so as to describe a concial surface..
Femalize :: Femalize (v. t.) To make, or to describe as, female or feminine..
Tractrix :: Tractrix (n.) A curve such that the part of the tangent between the point of tangency and a given straight line is constant; -- so called because it was conceived as described by the motion of one end of a tangent line as the other end was drawn along the given line.
Eccentric :: Eccentric (n.) A circle described about the center of an elliptical orbit, with half the major axis for radius..
Ampersand :: Ampersand (n.) A word used to describe the character /, /, or &..
Wolffian :: Wolffian (a.) Discovered, or first described, by Caspar Friedrich Wolff (1733-1794), the founder of modern embryology..
Graphical :: Graphical (a.) Well delineated; clearly and vividly described.
Set :: Set (v. t.) To make to assume specified place, condition, or occupation; to put in a certain condition or state (described by the accompanying words); to cause to be..
Describe :: Describe (v. i.) To use the faculty of describing; to give a description; as, Milton describes with uncommon force and beauty..
Hemiprotein :: Hemiprotein (n.) An insoluble, proteid substance, described by Schutzenberger, formed when albumin is heated for some time with dilute sulphuric acid. It is apparently identical with antialbumid and dyspeptone..
Represent :: Represent (v. t.) To exhibit to another mind in language; to show; to give one's own impressions and judgement of; to bring before the mind; to set forth; sometimes, to give an account of; to describe..
Depaint :: Depaint (v. t.) To paint; to picture; hence, to describe; to delineate in words; to depict..
Describent :: Describent (n.) Same as Generatrix.
Laocoon :: Laocoon (n.) A marble group in the Vatican at Rome, representing the priest Laocoon, with his sons, infolded in the coils of two serpents, as described by Virgil..
Mineralogy :: Mineralogy (n.) The science which treats of minerals, and teaches how to describe, distinguish, and classify them..
Characterize :: Characterize (v. t.) To indicate the character of; to describe.
Described :: Described (imp. & p. p.) of Describ.
Curve :: Curve (a.) A line described according to some low, and having no finite portion of it a straight line..
Nix :: Nix (fem.) One of a class of water spirits, commonly described as of a mischievous disposition..
Passionary :: Passionary (n.) A book in which are described the sufferings of saints and martyrs.
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