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v. - Describe in vivid detail; Make a mark or lines on a surface; Trace the shape of; Determine the essential quality of; Show the form or outline of adj. - Represented accurately or precisely.

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  • They asked us to delineate our objections at the next meeting.
  • That's because the DOT will better "delineate" crosswalks.
  • Professor has finished measuring, and is preparing to "delineate" me.
  • Canada's laws also seem to "delineate" medical quackery and fraud somewhat differently from those in the United States.
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