depict

[De*pict·]

When you depict something, you draw a picture of it, describe it, or show what it looks like. So grab a crayon, a paint brush, or even an Etch A Sketch and start depicting.

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Depicted.

Verb
give a description of; "He drew an elaborate plan of attack"

Verb
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"

Verb
make a portrait of; "Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba"


p. p.
Depicted.

v. t.
To form a colored likeness of; to represent by a picture; to paint; to portray.

v. t.
To represent in words; to describe vividly.


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.

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.

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.
2. To represent in words; to describe vividly.
C'91sar's gout was then depicted in energetic language.

Depicted.

To form a colored likeness of; to represent by a picture; to paint; to portray.

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Usage Examples

The one thing I learned the most about acting is it takes a tremendous amount of courage to go there and stand still. It takes courage and guts to step out of your mind frame and depict something.

I don't know how to depict intelligence.

Sex is a doorway to something so powerful and mystical, but movies usually depict it in a completely flat way.

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Other Usage Examples

For a poet to depict a poet in poetry is a hazardous experiment in regarding one's own trade a sense of humour and a little wholesome cynicism are not amiss.

If you really want to diminish a candidate, depict him as the foil of his handler. This is as old in American politics as politics itself.

We have enslaved the rest of the animal creation, and have treated our distant cousins in fur and feathers so badly that beyond doubt, if they were able to formulate a religion, they would depict the Devil in human form.

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