- (n.) The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.
- (n.) A class to which a certain representation is applicable; kind; sort.
- (n.) A sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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