portraying
NounWordNet 3.0
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
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. [1913 Webster]
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]