descrive

English

Etymology

Old French descrivre. See describe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈskɹaɪv/

Verb

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

1. (obsolete) To describe.
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

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

References

• “descrive”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• scrieved, serviced, dervices

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /desˈkri.ve/
• Rhymes: -ive
• Hyphenation: de‧scrì‧ve

Verb

descrive

1. third-person singular present indicative of descrivere