English Explanatory Dictionary

lineate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To mark with lines.
  2. To delineate, represent.
adj
  1. Marked with lines.
  2. Marked longitudinally with depressed parallel lines.

Word forms

lineate lineates lineating lineated more lineate most lineate

Etymology

First attested in 1558; borrowed from Medieval Latin līneātus, perfect passive participle of līneō (“to draw a line; (classically) to reduce to a straight line, make straight”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from līnea (“a line”).

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