describe
to say or write what something is like
Roots
- de-: down, away, reversal, reduction, or removal
- scrib / script: write, draw, or mark
Other words with the scrib / script root
- ascribe: to attribute something to a cause or source
- circumscribe: to limit or draw around
- inscribe: to write or carve onto something
- inscription: words written or carved onto a surface
- manuscript: a handwritten or typed draft of a text
- prescribe: to officially recommend or order
- proscribe: to forbid officially
Describe is marking something out in words: make it visible through language.
She could describe the painting so clearly that we pictured it.