Limn

[Limn]

Limn is a verb that means to represent or portray. It is most often used to describe the act of drawing or painting a portrait, but it can also refer to describing or outlining a scene or event.

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To draw or paint; especially, to represent in an artistic way with pencil or brush.

Verb
make a portrait of; "Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba"

Verb
trace the shape of


v. t.
To draw or paint; especially, to represent in an artistic way with pencil or brush.

v. t.
To illumine, as books or parchments, with ornamental figures, letters, or borders.


Limn

Limn , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Limned ; p. pr. & vb. n. Limning .] [OE. limnen, fr. luminen, for enluminen, F. enluminer to illuminate, to limn, LL. illuminare to paint. . See Illuminate, Luminous.] 1. To draw or paint; especially, to represent in an artistic way with pencil or brush.
Let a painter carelessly limn out a million of faces, and you shall find them all different.
2. To illumine, as books or parchments, with ornamental figures, letters, or borders.

Lim n'91a

Lim *n'91"a , n. [NL., fr. Gr. pertaining to a marsh, fr. a marsh.] (Zo'94l.) A genus of fresh-water air-breathing mollusks, abundant in ponds and streams; -- called also pond snail. [Written also Lymn'91a.]

To draw or paint; especially, to represent in an artistic way with pencil or brush.

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