Definition of portray

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Portray (v. t.) To adorn with pictures.

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Represent :: Represent (v. t.) To portray by mimicry or action of any kind; to act the part or character of; to personate; as, to represent Hamlet..
Paint :: Paint (v. t.) To form in colors a figure or likeness of on a flat surface, as upon canvas; to represent by means of colors or hues; to exhibit in a tinted image; to portray with paints; as, to paint a portrait or a landscape..
Portraiture :: Portraiture (v. t.) To represent by a portrait, or as by a portrait; to portray..
Line :: Line (v. t.) To represent by lines; to delineate; to portray.
Depict :: Depict (v. t.) To form a colored likeness of; to represent by a picture; to paint; to portray.
Fancy :: Fancy (v. t.) To form a conception of; to portray in the mind; to imagine.
Portray :: Portray (v. t.) To paint or draw the likeness of; as, to portray a king on horseback..
Irrepresentable :: Irrepresentable (a.) Not capable of being represented or portrayed.
Portrayer :: Portrayer (n.) One who portrays.
Portray :: Portray (v. t.) Hence, figuratively, to describe in words..
Adumbration :: Adumbration (n.) A faint sketch; an outline; an imperfect portrayal or representation of a thing.
Delineate :: Delineate (v. t.) To indicate by lines drawn in the form or figure of; to represent by sketch, design, or diagram; to sketch out; to portray; to picture; in drawing and engraving, to represent in lines, as with the pen, pencil, or graver; hence, to represent with accuracy and minuteness. See Delineation..
Flatter :: Flatter (v. t.) To portray too favorably; to give a too favorable idea of; as, his portrait flatters him..
Portrait :: Portrait (v. t.) To portray; to draw.
Represent :: Represent (v. t.) To portray by pictoral or plastic art; to delineate; as, to represent a landscape in a picture, a horse in bronze, and the like..
Delineate :: Delineate (a.) Delineated; portrayed.
Portraying :: Portraying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Portra.
Portrayed :: portrayed (imp. & p. p.) of Portra.
Pourtray :: Pourtray (v. t.) See Portray.
Portray :: Portray (v. t.) To adorn with pictures.
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