delineate
verb
[ dɪˈlɪnɪeɪt ]
• describe or portray (something) precisely.
• "the law should delineate and prohibit behaviour which is socially abhorrent"
Similar:
describe,
set forth,
set out,
present,
outline,
depict,
portray,
represent,
characterize,
map out,
chart,
define,
detail,
specify,
identify,
particularize,
limn,
• indicate the exact position of (a border or boundary).
• "his finger found a precisely outlined section delineated in red marker"
Origin:
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘trace the outline of something’): from Latin delineat- ‘outlined’, from the verb delineare, from de- ‘out, completely’ + lineare (from linea ‘line’).
