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- he tried to describe the dream he had last night as accurately as he could
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- color,
- distort,
- falsify,
- garble,
- misdescribe,
- misrepresent,
- misstate,
- pervert,
- twist,
- warp
- a biography of Washington that describes the decisive Battle of Yorktown at great length
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- how would you describe the Inupiat people you encountered in Alaska?
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A Word on 'Descriptive' and...
A Word on 'Descriptive' and 'Prescriptive' Defining
When it comes to words, we're the descriptive sort.
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“Describe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/describe. Accessed 16 Apr. 2021.
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The first known use of describe was in the 15th century
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