Depict

4 definitions found

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

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

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}, {render},
            {show}]
       2: give a description of; "He drew an elaborate plan of attack"
          [syn: {describe}, {draw}]
       3: make a portrait of; "Goya wanted to portray his mistress,
          the Duchess of Alba" [syn: {portray}, {limn}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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