Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows
or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps
Verb: limn  lim
  1. Trace the shape of
    "The artist limned the figure with a few quick strokes";
    - delineate, outline
     
  2. Make a portrait of
    "Goya wanted to limn his mistress, the Duchess of Alba";
    - portray, depict

Sounds like:

Derived forms: limned, limning, limns

Type of: draw, interpret, represent