abzeichnen meaning and definition in german

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third-person singular simple present zeichnet ab, past tense zeichnete ab, past participle abgezeichnet, auxiliary haben
  1. to draw (something or someone)
  2. to sign off on something
  3. (reflexive, with sich) to be outlined (against something), to stand out (against a background)
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Example

Wieder blickte ich hinaus; wir fuhren an einer Kirche vorüber; ich sah den niedrigen, breiten Turm sich gegen den Himmel abzeichnen, seine Glocken verkündeten die Viertelstunde; dann sah ich auch eine schmale Reihe von Lichtern auf einer Anhöhe; es war ein Dorf oder ein Weiler.Again I looked out: we were passing a church; I saw its low broad tower against the sky, and its bell was tolling a quarter; I saw a narrow galaxy of lights too, on a hillside, marking a village or hamlet.OP47318