1. To indicate by lines drawn in the form or figure of; to represent by sketch, design, or diagram; to sketch out; to portray; to picture; in drawing and engraving, to represent in lines, as with the pen, pencil, or graver; hence, to represent with accuracy and minuteness. See Delineation. Adventurous to delineate nature's form. Akenside.
2. To portray to the mind or understanding by words; to set forth; to describe. Customs or habits delineated with great accuracy. Walpole.
DELINEATION
De*lin`e*a"tion, n. Etym: [L. delineatio: cf. F. délinéation.]
1. The act of representing, portraying, or describing, as by lines, diagrams, sketches, etc.; drawing an outline; as, the delineation of a scene or face; in drawing and engraving, representation by means of lines, as distinguished from representation by means of tints shades; accurate and minute representation, as distinguished from art that is careless of details, or subordinates them excessively.
2. A delineated picture; representation; sketch; description in words. Their softest delineations of female beauty. W. Irving.
Syn.
— Sketch; portrait; outline. See Sketch.
DELINEATOR
De*lin"e*a`tor, n.
1. One who, or that which, delineates; a sketcher.
2. (Surv.)
Defn: A perambulator which records distances and delineates a profile, as of a road.