lineate

lineate · verb¹

1. Medieval Latin · borrowed fromlīneātus
2. English todaylineate

First attested in 1558; borrowed from Medieval Latin līneātus, perfect passive participle of līneō (“to draw a line; (classically) to reduce to a straight line, make straight”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from līnea (“a line”).

lineate · adjective²

1. Latin · borrowed fromdelineātus
2. English todaylineate

First attested in 1643; borrowed from Latin delineātus, participial adjective, see Etymology 1 and -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more.

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