Meaning of PORTRAY
| Pronunciation: | | powr'trey
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- [v] portray in words; "The book portrays the actor as a selfish person"
- [v] make a portrait of; "Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba"
- [v] represent in a painting, drawing, sculpture, or verbally; "The father is portrayed as a good-looking man in this painting"
- [v] assume or act the character of; "She impersonates Madonna"; "The actor portrays an elderly, lonely man"
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| | Synonyms: | | depict, impersonate, limn, present |
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| | See Also: | | act, commend, interpret, play, represent, represent | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
Take a tile, and lay it before thee, and portray
upon it the city, even Jerusalem. --Ezek. iv. 1.
2. Hence, figuratively, to describe in words.
3. To adorn with pictures. [R.]
Spear and helmets thronged, and shields Various with
boastful arguments potrayed. --Milton.
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| | Related Terms: | | 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, depict, describe, design, diagram, doodle, draft, draw, duplicate, enact, evoke, express, give words to, hatch, hit off, image, impersonate, interpret, limn, map, notate, outline, paint, paint a picture, pencil, personate, photograph, picture, picturize, play a part, play a role, play opposite, pose as, print, register, render, represent, reproduce, rub, schematize, scratch, scumble, set forth, shade, show, sketch, stencil, support, sustain a part, symbolize, take a part, take a rubbing, tint, trace, trace out, trace over, write |
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