Passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book.
Josh. xviii. 9.
Syn. -- To set forth; represent; delineate; relate; recount; narrate; express; explain; depict; portray; chracterize.
De*scribe", v. i. To use the faculty of describing; to give a description; as, Milton describes with uncommon force and beauty.
De*scrib"ent (?), n. [L. describens, p. pr. of describere.] (Geom.) Same as Generatrix.
De*scrib"er (?), n. One who describes.
De*scri"er (?), n. One who descries.
De*scrip"tion (?), n. [F. description, L. descriptio. See Describe.] 1. The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.
2. A sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species.
Milton has descriptions of morning.