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English Dictionary: depict by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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"
    Synonym(s): picture, depict, render, show
  2. give a description of; "He drew an elaborate plan of attack"
    Synonym(s): describe, depict, draw
  3. make a portrait of; "Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba"
    Synonym(s): portray, depict, limn
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Depict \De*pict"\, p. p. [L. depictus, p. p. of depingere to
      depict; de- + pingere to paint. See {Paint}, and cf.
      {Depaint}, p. p.]
      Depicted. --Lydgate.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Depict \De*pict"\, p. p. [L. depictus, p. p. of depinger[?] to
      depict; de- + pingere to paint. See {Paint}, and cf.
      {Depaint}, p. p.]
      Depicted. --Lydgate.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Depict \De*pict"\, 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.
  
                     His arms are fairly depicted in his chamber.
                                                                              --Fuller.
  
      2. To represent in words; to describe vividly.
  
                     C[91]sar's gout was then depicted in energetic
                     language.                                          --Motley.
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