Depaint

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Depaint \De*paint"\, p. p. [F. d['e]peint, p. p. of d['e]peindre
     to paint, fr. L. depingere. See {Depict}, p. p.]
     Painted. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Depaint \De*paint"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Depainted}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Depainting}.]
     1. To paint; to picture; hence, to describe; to delineate in
        words; to depict. [Obs.]
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              And do unwilling worship to the saint
              That on his shield depainted he did see. --Spenser.
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              In few words shall see the nature of many memorable
              persons . . . depainted.              --Holland.
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     2. To mark with, or as with, color; to color.
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              Silver drops her vermeil cheeks depaint. --Fairfax.
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