depict

Definition

To render a representation of something, using words, sounds, images, or other means.

Etymology

From Middle English depicten, from Latin dēpictus, from dēpingō.

Example Sentences

• "And by [these Embassadours] he sent to their master a Tent, wherein the history of the Bible was as richly as curiously depicted in needle-work;"
• "The Spring, when all its beauties rise, I see depicted in your eyes"
• "At first, I believe, I answered her very incoherently, for I observed alarm beginning to depict itself upon her countenance."

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