delineate

From Latin dēlīneātus, past participle of dēlīneo (“to sketch out, to delineate”), from de- + līnea (“line”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈlɪniːeɪt/

delineate (third-person singular simple present delineates, present participle delineating, simple past and past participle delineated)

1. To sketch out, draw or trace an outline.
2. To depict, represent with pictures.
3. To describe or depict with words or gestures.
4. To outline or mark out.

• (to mark the limits or boundaries): demark, demarcate, delimit

• delineation
• delineative
• delineator

• delineate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• delineate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

delineate

1. second-person plural present indicative of delineare
2. second-person plural imperative of delineare
3. feminine plural of delineato

dēlīneāte

1. first-person plural present active imperative of dēlīneō