Hypertext Webster Gateway: "depict"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Depict \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Depict \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Depict \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
depict
v 1: 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" [syn: {picture}, {render},
{show}]
2: give a description of; "He drew an elaborate plan of attack"
[syn: {describe}, {draw}]
3: make a portrait of: "showing society what it looked
like..portraying..its ugliness and its beauties.." [syn: {portray},
{limn}]
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