discrive

discrive

1. third-person singular present indicative of discrivere

• dervisci, descrivi

• descrive, descrywe, deschryve, discryfe, discryve

Inherited from Middle English descriven, descryven, from Old French descrivre, from Latin dēscrībere.

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈskreɪ̯v/, /deːˈskreɪ̯v/

discrive (third-person singular simple present discrivis, present participle discrivand, simple past and past participle discrivit)

1. (ambitransitive) To describe; to provide a (spoken or written) description.
   • 1513 [29-19 BCE], Vıꝛgyll, “The fiꝛſt buyk, ca^m p^ım”, in Gawyn Dowglas, transl., Eneados (Trinity College MS. O.3.12), [Edinburgh]: Matho Geddes, translation of Aeneis (in Latin), published a. 1515, →OCLC, folio 9, verso; republished at Trinity College, Cambridge, 17 May 2016:

     The batalis and þe man I wıl dıſcꝛıve / FFꝛa Tꝛoys boundıs fırſt that fugıtıve […]

     The battles and the man I'll describe, / From Troy's limits first that fugitive […]

2. (transitive, uncommon) To determine; to provide a decision.

• Scots: descrive, discryve

• “descrive, descryve, v.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC.
• “discrive, discryve, v.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC.