transitive verb. undefined

transitive verb. To draw or depict.

transitive verb. To describe or characterize in words.

transitive verb. undefined

transitive verb. To mark, form, or show the outline or border of.

transitive verb. To establish the position of (a border).

transitive verb. To show or contain a distinguishing characteristic of; distinguish.

To exhibit or mark out in lines; sketch or represent in outline: as, to delineate the form of the earth or a diagram.

To represent pictorially; draw a likeness of; portray; depict.

To describe; represent to the mind or understanding; exhibit it likeness of in words: as, to delineate character.

adjective. Delineated; portrayed.

transitive verb. To indicate by lines drawn in the form or figure of; to represent by sketch, design, or diagram; to sketch out; to portray; to picture; in drawing and engraving, to represent in lines, as with the pen, pencil, or graver; hence, to represent with accuracy and minuteness. See delineation.

transitive verb. To portray to the mind or understanding by words; to set forth; to describe.

verb. To sketch out, draw or trace an outline.

verb. To depict, represent with pictures.

verb. To describe or depict with words or gestures.

verb. To outline or mark out.

adjective. represented accurately or precisely

verb. make a mark or lines on a surface

verb. describe in vivid detail

verb. show the form or outline of

verb. determine the essential quality of

verb. trace the shape of

"The inability to see is an inability to "delineate": a persistent equation in the novel ( "Over him hung a form which I cannot find words to describe," Walton says [152])."