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English word describe comes from Latin scribo (I write.), Latin ex, e (A name of the letter X. (+ ablative) out of, from.)

scribo (Latin)

I write.

ex, e (Latin)

A name of the letter X. (+ ablative) out of, from.

de- (Latin)

De-.

descrivre (Old French)

To describe.

descriven (Middle English)

describe (English)

(obsolete) To distribute into parts, groups, or classes; to mark off; to class.. (transitive) To represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to delineate; to trace or mark out.. (transitive) To represent in words.. (transitive, mathematics) To give rise to a geometrical structure.. (transitive, taxonomy) To introduce a new taxon to science by explaining its characteristics and particularly how [...]

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