| describable | (adj) capable of being described |
| describe | (v) give a description of, Syn. draw, depict, Example: He drew an elaborate plan of attack |
| description | (n) a statement that represents something in words, Syn. verbal description |
| description | (n) the act of describing something |
| description | (n) sort or variety, Example: every description of book was there |
| descriptive | (adj) serving to describe or inform or characterized by description, Ant. undescriptive, Example: the descriptive variable; a descriptive passage |
| descriptive | (adj) describing the structure of a language, Ant. prescriptive, Example: descriptive grammar |
| descriptive adjective | (n) an adjective that ascribes to its noun the value of an attribute of that noun (e.g., `a nervous person' or `a musical speaking voice'), Syn. qualifying adjective |
| descriptive grammar | (n) a grammar that is produced by descriptive linguistics |
| descriptive linguistics | (n) a description (at a given point in time) of a language with respect to its phonology and morphology and syntax and semantics without value judgments, Ant. prescriptive linguistics |
| Describable | a. That can be described; capable of description. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Describe | v. t. Passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book. Josh. xviii. 9. |
| Describe | v. i. To use the faculty of describing; to give a description; |
| Describent | n. [ L. describens, p. pr. of describere. ] (Geom.) Same as Generatrix. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Describer | n. One who describes. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Descrier | n. One who descries. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Description | n. [ F. description, L. descriptio. See Describe. ] Milton has descriptions of morning. D. Webster. [ 1913 Webster ] A difference . . . between them and another description of public creditors. A. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ] The plates were all of the meanest description. Macaulay. |
| Descriptive | a. [ L. descriptivus: cf. F. descriptif. ] Tending to describe; having the quality of representing; containing description;
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| Descrive | v. t. [ OF. descrivre. See Describe. ] To describe. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ] |