Literary notes about delineate (AI summary)
In literature, the word "delineate" is used to evoke the act of portraying or outlining a subject with clarity and depth. It can serve to sketch both tangible realities—such as instructing how to draw precise shapes or structures [1, 2]—and intangible qualities, like evoking the nuances of human emotion or moral character [3, 4, 5]. At times, authors employ it to depict divine or exemplary qualities, as when characterizing love or personal traits with a reverent precision [6, 7]. In each instance, the term enriches the narrative by inviting readers to envision detailed, often symbolic, portraits of the subject matter.
- We have already instructed the pupil how to delineate a cylinder escape wheel tooth and we will next describe how to draw a cylinder.
— from Watch and Clock EscapementsA Complete Study in Theory and Practice of the Lever, Cylinder and Chronometer Escapements, Together with a Brief Account of the Origin and Evolution of the Escapement in Horology by Anonymous - [Pg 49] Eight principal stars delineate its outline; two are of the first magnitude, five of the second, and one of the third (Fig. 12).
— from Astronomy for Amateurs by Camille Flammarion - You embrace 208:30 your body in your thought, and you should delineate upon it thoughts of health, not of sickness.
— from Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy - His unwelcome approach, the recognition of his person, his hasty departure, produced a complex impression on my mind which no words can delineate.
— from Wieland; Or, The Transformation: An American Tale by Charles Brockden Brown - Not only does he delineate the idea of growth in man, but he assumes this as the central use and meaning of the world.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 95, September 1865
A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various - These words delineate true Christian love and hold up the sublime example, or pattern, of God's love manifest in Christ.
— from Epistle Sermons, Vol. 3: Trinity Sunday to Advent by Martin Luther - She has thoroughly demonstrated her power to delineate character as moulded by passion.
— from A Manual of American Literature