| Word | limn (v.) |
|---|---|
| Definition | To depict or describe in painting or words. |
| Sentence | ...the peripatetic John Ray, an unkempt ecclesiastic out of a pulpit, joyfully limning the Word of his Creator in the perfection of the design of animal and plant life. |
| Source | Jaynes, The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind, p.435 |
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