delineament (delineament)

[= Sp. de line a mien to = Pg. del in i a men to = It. delineamento, The sunne's a type of that eternall light Which we call God, a fair delineament Of that which Good in Plato's school is hight. Dr. H. More , Psych a than asia, III. iii. 11. delineate (dē-lin'ē-āt), v. t.; pret. and pp. de lineated , ppr. delineating . [ del in eat us , pp. of delineare , also del in i are , mark out, sketch, line are , mark out, line a , a line: see line2 . Cf. deline .] 1. To exhibit or mark out in lines; sketch or represent in outline: as, to delineate the form of the earth or a diagram.-2. To represent pictorially; draw a likene of; portray; depict. IMG:content-2300.png:[blocks in formation]