KJV Dictionary Definition: describable

describable

DESCRIBABLE, a. That may be described; capable of description.

describe

DESCRIBE, v.t. L. To write.

1. To delineate or mark the form or figure; as, to describe a circle by the compasses.

2. To make or exhibit a figure by motion; as, a star describes a circle or an ellipsis in the heavens.

3. To show or represent to others in words; to communicate the resemblance of a thing, by naming its nature, form or properties. The poet describes the Trojan horse. The historian describes the battle of Pharsalia. The moralist describes the effects of corrupt manners. The geographer describes countries and cities.

4. To represent by signs. A deaf and dumb man may describe a distant object. Our passions may be described by external motions.

5. To draw a plan; to represent by lines and other marks on paper, or other material; as, to describe the surface of the earth by a map or chart.

6. To define laxly.

described

DESCRIBED, pp. Represented in form by marks or figures; delineated; represented by words or signs.

describer

DESCRIBER, n. One who describes by marks, words or signs.

describing

DESCRIBING, ppr. Representing the form or figure of, by lines or marks; communicating a view of, by words or signs, or by naming the nature and properties.

Definitions from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.
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