Outlining

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Outline \Out"line`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Outlined}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Outlining}.]
     1. To draw the outline of.
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     2. Fig.: To sketch out or indicate as by an outline; to


        create a general framework of (a plan, system, discourse,
        course of thought), for which the details need to be
        added; as, to outline an argument or a campaign.
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