LIMN

v.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
v.

To draw or paint; especially, to represent in an artistic way with pencil or brush. Let a painter carelessly limn out a million of faces, and you shall find them all different. Sir T. Browne.

2.
v.

To illumine, as books or parchments, with ornamental figures, letters, or borders.


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