describe
de-scribe · verb
Definitions
verb
- 1.
To give an account of in words; to tell about the characteristics, features, or qualities of something or someone.
- 2.
To represent or characterize in a particular way.
- 3.
To trace or draw the outline of a shape (formal/technical).
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Etymology
From Latin describere, from de- meaning "down" and scribere meaning "to write." Originally meant "to write down" before shifting to the modern sense of verbal representation.