enlimn
English
Etymology
From en- + limn. Compare enlumine, illuminate.
Verb
enlimn (third-person singular simple present enlimns, present participle enlimning, simple past and past participle enlimned)
- (chiefly poetic) To adorn (a book, manuscript, etc.) with coloured and decorated letters and/or figures.
- 1453, Testamenta Eboracensia:
- par of tables enlymned with Seyntes.
References
- “enlimn”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.