Meaning

verb give a description of

verb to give an account or representation of in words

verb make a mark or lines on a surface

originFrom Middle English descriven, from Old French descrivre, from Latin dēscrībō (“to copy off, transcribe, sketch off, describe in painting or writing”), from dē (“off”) + scrībō (“write”); see scribe and shrive. Displaced native Old English āmearcian.

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