Origin: 1400–50; late ME
describen < L
dēscrībere, equiv. to
dē- de- +
scrībere to write
Related forms: de⋅scrib⋅a⋅ble, adjective
de⋅scrib⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, noun
de⋅scrib⋅a⋅bly, adverb
de⋅scrib⋅er, noun
Synonyms:
1. portray, characterize, represent; recount, tell, relate. Describe, narrate agree in the idea of giving an account of something. To describe is to convey in words the appearance, nature, attributes, etc., of something. The word often implies vividness of personal observation: to describe a scene, an event. To narrate is to recount the occurrence of something, usually by giving the details of an event or events in the order of their happening. Narrate thus applies only to that which happens in time: to narrate an incident.
[di-skrahyb] 