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Meaning of DEPAINT

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \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.
    
  2. \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.]
             And do unwilling worship to the saint That on his
             shield depainted he did see.          --Spenser.
             In few words shall see the nature of many memorable
             persons . . . depainted.              --Holland.
    2. To mark with, or as with, color; to color.
             Silver drops her vermeil cheeks depaint. --Fairfax.
    
 
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