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delineavit

American  
[de-lin-e-ah-wit, dih-lin-ee-ey-vit] / dɛˌlɪn ɛˈɑ wɪt, dɪˌlɪn iˈeɪ vɪt /
Latin.
  1. he drew (this); she drew (this). del.


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He drew portraits of her—they are extant still—with straight noses and enormous eyes, and 'Arthur Pendennis delineavit et pinxit' gallantly written underneath.

From The History of Pendennis by William Makepeace Thackeray

Another, and often more puzzling uncertainty, may arise out of the practice of adding to the ordinary letters of the name, the initials F, P, D, or I—representing fecit, pinxit, delineavit, or invenit.

From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 434 Volume 17, New Series, April 24, 1852 by William Chambers

He drew portraits of her—they are extant still—with straight noses and enormous eyes, and "Arthur Pendennis delineavit et pinxit" gallantly written underneath.

From A History of Pendennis, Volume 1 His fortunes and misfortunes, his friends and his greatest enemy by William Makepeace Thackeray

The print-shops teem with satiric prints in them: one in which Boswell, as a monkey, is riding on Johnson, the bear, has this witty inscription, 'My Friend delineavit.'

From Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale) (2nd ed.) (2 vols.) Edited with notes and Introductory Account of her life and writings by Hester Lynch Piozzi

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