| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  l m |
| TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: limned, limn·ing (lm nng), limns
1. To describe. 2. To depict by painting or drawing. See synonyms at represent. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English limnen, to illuminate (a manuscript), probably alteration (influenced by limnour, illustrator) of luminen, from Old French luminer, from Latin l min re, to illuminate, adorn, from lmen, lmin-, light. See leuk- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | limner (lmn r) —NOUN
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