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deline

deline verb: to delineate or mark out.

Verb

deline (third-person singular simple present delines, present participle delining, simple past and past participle delined)

  1. (obsolete) To delineate or mark out.
    • A certain Plan had been delined out for a farther Proceeding.a. 1734, Roger North, Examen

Proper noun capitalized: Deline

Deline

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of Délı̨nę.

Forms of deline

third-person singular presentdelines
present participledelining
past participledelined
pastdelined

Origin of deline

From de- + line.

Words that rhyme with deline

48 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about deline

What does deline mean?
Deline means to delineate or mark out.
What part of speech is deline?
Deline can be a verb or a proper noun.
What is the past tense of deline?
The past tense of deline is delined.

Words near deline in the dictionary

  1. delimiting
  2. delimitings
  3. delimits
  4. Delina
  5. delindeite
  6. deline
  7. delineable
  8. delineament
  9. delineaments
  10. delinearization
  11. delinearizations

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