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Depict

Depict Meaning & Definition
Depict Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Depict?

[v] give a description of; "He drew an elaborate plan of attack"
[v] show in, or as in, a picture; "This scene depicts country life"; "the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting"
[v] make a portrait of; "Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Depict: describe | draw | limn | picture | portray | render | show

Related Terms | Find terms related to Depict: act a part | act out | bring to life | cartoon | catch a likeness | chalk | character | characterize | charcoal | chart | color | copy | crayon | create a role | crosshatch | dash off | daub | delineate | describe | design | diagram | doodle | draft | draw | enact | evoke | express | give words to | hatch | hit off | image | impersonate | interpret | limn | map | narrate | notate | outline | paint | paint a picture | pencil | personate | picture | picturize | play a part | play a role | play opposite | portray | print | recite | recount | register | rehearse | relate | render | report | represent | rub | schematize | scratch | scumble | set forth | shade | sketch | state | stencil | support | sustain a part | symbolize | take a part | take a rubbing | tint | trace | trace out | trace over | write

See Also | adumbrate | delineate | exposit | expound | illustrate | interpret | map | outline | represent | represent | set forth | sketch

Depict In Webster's Dictionary

\De*pict"\, p. p. [L. depictus, p. p. of depingere to depict; de- + pingere to paint. See {Paint}, and cf. {Depaint}, p. p.] Depicted. --Lydgate.
\De*pict"\, p. p. [L. depictus, p. p. of depinger? to depict; de- + pingere to paint. See {Paint}, and cf. {Depaint}, p. p.] Depicted. --Lydgate.
\De*pict"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Depicted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Depicting}.] 1. To form a colored likeness of; to represent by a picture; to paint; to portray. His arms are fairly depicted in his chamber. --Fuller. 2. To represent in words; to describe vividly. C[ae]sar's gout was then depicted in energetic language. --Motley.

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