limn
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To draw or paint; especially, to represent in an artistic way with pencil or brush.
To illumine, as books or parchments, with ornamental figures, letters, or borders.
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depict
outline
portray
delineate
chronicle
show
design
image
color
report
represent
describe
picture
explain
define
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The vitality of language lies in its ability to limn the actual, imagined and possible lives of its speakers, readers, writers.
Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba