descrive

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/dɪˈskɹaɪv/

verb

To describe.

OriginOld French descrivre →
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Meanings

verbdescrive (third-person singular simple present descrives, present participle descriving, simple past and past participle descrived)

present singular third person descrives · participle present descriving · participle past descrived · past descrived

  1. obsoleteTo describe.

    Let her by proofe of that which she hath fylde In her owne breast, this Mothers ioy descrive

    1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Origin

  1. Old Frenchdescrivre
  2. Englishdescrive

Old French descrivre. See describe.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with descrive

livedrivefivealivesurvivedivestrivederiveclivethriverevivehivebeehivedeprivebeliveviveriveshivechivecontrivewiveskivesliveconnive
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Cite this entry
APA

descrive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/descrive

MLA

“descrive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/descrive. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “descrive,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/descrive.

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