[syn: portray, depict, limn]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Depict \De*pict"\ (d[-e]*p[i^]kt"), p. p. [L. depictus, p. p. of
depingere to depict; de- + pingere to paint. See Paint, and
cf. Depaint, p. p.]
Depicted. --Lydgate.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Depict \De*pict"\ (d[-e]*p[i^]kt"), 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.
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His arms are fairly depicted in his chamber.
--Fuller.
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2. To represent in words; to describe vividly.
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C[ae]sar's gout was then depicted in energetic
language. --Motley.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
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, depict,
render, show]
2: give a description of; "He drew an elaborate plan of attack"
[syn: describe, depict, draw]
3: make a portrait of; "Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the
Duchess of Alba" [syn: portray, depict, limn]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
76 Moby Thesaurus words for "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