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delineament

delineament noun: a delineation.

Noun

delineament (plural delineaments)

  1. A delineation
    • The sunne's a type of that eternall light Which we call God, a fair delineament
      Of that which Good in Plato's school is hight1642, Henry More, Psychathanasia
    • Hitherto we have onely considered the more rude and careless strokes and delineaments of Divine Providence in the world1653, Henry More, An Antidote against Atheisme, or An Appeal to the Natural Faculties of the Minde of Man, whether There Be Not a God, London: […] Roger Daniel, […], →OCLC
  2. a sketch.

Forms of delineament

pluraldelineaments

Origin of delineament

See delineate and -ment.

Questions about delineament

What does delineament mean?
Delineament means a delineation.
What part of speech is delineament?
Delineament is a noun.
What is the plural of delineament?
The plural of delineament is delineaments.

Words near delineament in the dictionary

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

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