describe
verb (used with object)
to tell or depict in written or spoken words; give an account of.
describer
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a word derived from
describe.
Example Sentences
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The brother of Akram, the hostage-taker, claimed he had “mental health issues,” and Siddiqui’s lawyer once describer her as in “total psychic pain.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2022
While science historians recognize Colden's work, there have been no notable revisions to botanical history, like revising a species' history and naming her as its describer, and there is still no genus named for her.
From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2021
Every audio describer I’ve spoken to has emphasized that one of the fundamental tenants of the craft is never to show off or distract.
From Slate ● Dec. 24, 2018
Hence the eighteenth-century lexicographer’s admiration for explorers: “The adventurer upon unknown coasts, and the describer of distant regions” is to be welcomed, he declared, because they “enlarge our knowledge”.
From Nature ● Dec. 18, 2018
A bibliographe is a describer of books and other literary arrangements.
From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 by Isaac Disraeli
