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Definition of Limn

Limn
Limn Limn (l[i^]m), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Limned (l[i^]md); p. pr. & vb. n. Limning (l[i^]m"n[i^]ng or l[i^]m"[i^]ng).] [OE. limnen, fr. luminen, for enluminen, F. enluminer to illuminate, to limn, LL. illuminare to paint. [root]122. See Illuminate, Luminous.] 1. To draw or paint; especially, to represent in an artistic way with pencil or brush. Let a painter carelessly limn out a million of faces, and you shall find them all different. --Sir T. Browne. 2. To illumine, as books or parchments, with ornamental figures, letters, or borders.

Meaning of Limn from wikipedia

- A limnic eruption, also termed a lake overturn, is a rare type of natural disaster in which dissolved carbon dioxide (CO 2) suddenly erupts from deep lake...
- Limnor is a generic-purpose codeless and visual programming system. The aim is to enable users to create computer software without directly coding in a...
- A limner is an illuminator of m****cripts, or more generally, a painter of ornamental decoration. One of the earliest mentions of a limner's work is found...
- John Michael Stipe (born January 4, 1960) is an American singer-songwriter and was the lead singer of the alternative rock band R.E.M. from their formation...
- Limnes is a traditional Cretan small village in Lasithi, Crete, Greece, located 10 km from Agios Nikolaos. It is surrounded by olive trees and mountains...
- Fresh water (or freshwater) is any naturally occurring water except seawater and brackish water. Fresh water includes water in ice sheets, ice caps, glaciers...
- their works, most explicitly with the title of their song "Batwings (A Limnal Hymn)" (sic) from their album Musick to Play in the Dark Vol. 2. In .hack//Liminality...
- a portrait painter or an illustrator. Limner may also refer to: Lynda Limner Henry Limner Richard William Murray for whom "Limner" was the pen-name....
- capitalism, the ****ility of recovery. All that remains is the reductively limned battle between fate and free will largely playing out, now, in Jack Shephard's...
- An illuminated m****cript is a m****cript in which the text is supplemented with such decoration as initials, borders (marginalia) and miniature illustrations...
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