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The correct answer is portray.

Limn

A. restrict
B. establish limits
C. portray
D. level

The correct answer is C. To portray in words; to represent in drawing or painting; to illuminate (manuscripts); to describe.

Limn comes from lymne, a variation of Middle English luminer (to illuminate [manuscripts]). Latin illuminare (to brighten, adorn) Examples of use:

  • Try to limn the seascape in a few hundred words.
  • The monk toiled for months to limn the manuscripts.


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