delineate


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
delineate /dɪˈlɪnɪeɪt/
verb describe or indicate precisely.

■ trace the outline of (a border or boundary).

– derivatives
delineation /-ˈeɪʃ(ə)n/ noun,
delineator noun.
– origin C16: from L. delineat-, delineare ‘to outline’.
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