portray : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: portray	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for portray
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
portray v portray in words; "The book portrays the actor as a selfish person" make a portrait of; "Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba" Synonym(s): portray, depict, limn assume or act the character of; "She impersonates Madonna"; "The actor portrays an elderly, lonely man" Synonym(s): impersonate, portray represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or sculpture; "The father is portrayed as a good-looking man in this painting" Synonym(s): portray, present
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Portray \Portray"\, 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.