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      delineate
      verb
      describe in vivid detail
      make a mark or lines on a surface
      trace the shape of
      determine the essential quality of
      show the form or outline of
      adjective
      represented accurately or precisely
      Roots
      linealine- · Latin · line, thread
      Synonyms for delineate
      limnvdefinevoutlinendescribevdrawvcharacterizevtracendepictvdiagramnschematizev
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