descrive

English

Etymology

Old French descrivre. See describe.

Verb

descrive (third-person singular simple present descrives, present participle descriving, simple past and past participle descrived)

  1. (obsolete) To describe.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for descrive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Italian

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ive

Verb

descrive

  1. third-person singular present indicative of descrivere
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