depict

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" [syn: {picture}, {depict},
         {render}, {show}]
    2: give a description of; "He drew an elaborate plan of attack"
       [syn: {describe}, {depict}, {draw}]
    3: make a portrait of; "Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the
       Duchess of Alba" [syn: {portray}, {depict}, {limn}]
    

Depict \De*pict"\ (d[-e]*p[i^]kt"), p. p. [L. depictus, p. p. of
   depingere to depict; de- + pingere to paint. See {Paint}, and
   cf. {Depaint}, p. p.]
   Depicted. --Lydgate.
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Depict \De*pict"\ (d[-e]*p[i^]kt"), 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.
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            His arms are fairly depicted in his chamber.
                                                  --Fuller.
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   2. To represent in words; to describe vividly.
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            C[ae]sar's gout was then depicted in energetic
            language.                             --Motley.
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76 Moby Thesaurus words for "depict":
      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,
      describe, design, diagram, doodle, draft, draw, enact, evoke,
      express, give words to, hatch, hit off, image, impersonate,
      interpret, limn, map, narrate, notate, outline, paint,
      paint a picture, pencil, personate, picture, picturize,
      play a part, play a role, play opposite, portray, print, recite,
      recount, register, rehearse, relate, render, report, represent,
      rub, schematize, scratch, scumble, set forth, shade, sketch, state,
      stencil, support, sustain a part, symbolize, take a part,
      take a rubbing, tint, trace, trace out, trace over, write