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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
portrayed
adj
  1. represented graphically by sketch or design or lines
    Synonym(s): depicted, pictured, portrayed
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Portray \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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