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Thread #52503 Message #804104
Posted By: masato sakurai
16-Oct-02 - 12:11 AM
Thread Name: What the heck did Burns mean by...
Subject: RE: What the heck did Burns mean by...
Not that Bunrs couldn't spell. The word seems to have comes from Middle English descrive(n), which, according to my etymological dictionary, is from Old French descrivre. The present-day describe is directly from Latin describere.