Portray
Translation- Portray
- Portray Por*tray", v. t. [Written also {pourtray}.] [imp. & p.
p. {portrayed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Portraying}.] [OE.
pourtraien, OF. portraire, pourtraire, F. portraire, fr. L.
protrahere, protractum, to draw or drag forth; pro forward,
forth + trahere to draw. See {Trace}, v. t., and cf.
{Protract}.]
1. To paint or draw the likeness of; as, to portray a king on
horseback.
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Take a tile, and lay it before thee, and portray upon it the city, even Jerusalem. --Ezek. iv. 1. [1913 Webster]
2. Hence, figuratively, to describe in words. [1913 Webster]
3. To adorn with pictures. [R.] [1913 Webster]
Spear and helmets thronged, and shields Various with boastful arguments potrayed. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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