"dislimn" meaning in English

See dislimn in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: dislimns [present, singular, third-person], dislimning [participle, present], dislimned [participle, past], dislimned [past]
Etymology: From dis- + limn. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|dis|limn}} dis- + limn Head templates: {{en-verb}} dislimn (third-person singular simple present dislimns, present participle dislimning, simple past and past participle dislimned)
  1. (transitive) To remove the outlines of; to efface. Tags: transitive

Inflected forms

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