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Verb: limn  lim
  1. Trace the shape of
    - delineate, outline
     
  2. Make a portrait of
    "Goya wanted to limn his mistress, the Duchess of Alba"
    - portray, depict

Sounds like: limb

Derived forms: limns, limning, limned

See also: limner

Type of: draw, interpret, represent

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