limn

 
Pronunciation: /lɪm/

verb

[with object] literary
  • depict or describe in painting or words: Miss Read limns a gentler world in her novels
  • suffuse or highlight (something) with a bright colour or light: a crescent moon limned each shred with white gold

Origin:

late Middle English (in the sense 'illuminate a manuscript'): alteration of obsolete lumine 'illuminate', via Old French luminer from Latin luminare 'make light'