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Definition of limn : 1. To draw or paint; especially, to represent in an artistic way with pencil or brush.
2. To illumine, as books or parchments, with ornamental figures, letters, or borders.

Synonyms:

line, sketch, portray, delineate, image, impersonate, describe, set out, outline, adumbrate, express, picture, show, paint, delimit, specify, draft, depict, render, draw, present, represent, delimitate, define, trace

Usage examples:

• Limn, sirs, the highest lady in the land, When Joseph Surface, fawning cap in hand, Delivers in his list of patriot mortals; Those gentlemen of honour, faith, and truth, Who, foul- mouthed, spat upon her maiden youth, And dog- like did defile her palace portals. - "The Poems and Verses of Charles Dickens", Charles Dickens.