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Definition of Describes
1. describe [v] - See also: describe
Lexicographical Neighbors of Describes
Literary usage of Describes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1904)
"could not be classified with the man who describes an unrecorded bug, or the one
who makes a new but useless chemical compound. The latter work without the ..."
2. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1892)
"... whom lie describes with •warm gratitude in the ' Life of Edmund Smith. >
was on friendly terms with affectionate letters in her last illness (first ..."
3. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1866)
"142), describes the crest as “ a Blucher boot with a golden spur planted upon a
rock ; “ and the motto, “ Dulce periculum,” and makes sonic remarks on their ..."
4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Ehrhard describes it rightly as "a reaction of national Greek theology against
... He describes a medium in which God may be contemplated; this medium is a ..."
5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1899)
"HORNBLENDE schists in narrow belts have long been known in the prevailing mica-
schists of Manhattan Island. This paper describes one special occurrence on ..."
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