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delineate

[dih-lin-ee-eyt] / dɪˈlɪn iˌeɪt /


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Delineate the difference between pop and rock for me.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2025

Delineate in your own way, as you are led on your own Patmos, the picture of our land redeemed.

From The Art of the Moving Picture by Lindsay, Vachel

Great College Street, Westminster, continues, with great success, to Delineate the Character of Individuals from their Handwriting.

From Notes and Queries, Number 208, October 22, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Bell, George

Then, glorious Chief! the Prophet shall himself Appear, who will instruct thee, and thy course Delineate, measuring from place to place Thy whole return athwart the fishy flood.

From The Odyssey of Homer by Cowper, William

"Stranger! that e'er thy hospitable roof Ulysses graced, confirm by faithful proof; Delineate to my view my warlike lord, His form, his habit, and his train record."

From The Odyssey by Pope, Alexander




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