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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Depict \De*pict"\ (d[-e]*p[i^]kt"), verb (used with an object) [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[ae]sar's gout was then depicted in energetic language. --Motley.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
depict
verb
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}, {render}, {show}]
2: give a description of; "He drew an elaborate plan of attack" [syn: {describe}, {draw}]
3: make a portrait of; "Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba" [syn: {portray}, {limn}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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
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