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Portray :: Portray (v. t.) Hence, figuratively, to describe in words..

Delineation :: Delineation (n.) The act of representing, portraying, or describing, as by lines, diagrams, sketches, etc.; drawing an outline; as, the delineation of a scene or face; in drawing and engraving, representation by means of lines, as distinguished from representation by means of tints and shades; accurate and minute representation, as distinguished from art that is careless of details, or subordinates them excessively..

Represent :: Represent (v. t.) To portray by pictoral or plastic art; to delineate; as, to represent a landscape in a picture, a horse in bronze, and the like..

Portrayal :: Portrayal (n.) The act or process of portraying; description; delineation.

Delineate :: Delineate (a.) Delineated; portrayed.

Irrepresentable :: Irrepresentable (a.) Not capable of being represented or portrayed.

Pourtray :: Pourtray (v. t.) See Portray.

Represent :: Represent (v. t.) To portray by mimicry or action of any kind; to act the part or character of; to personate; as, to represent Hamlet..

Portrayer :: Portrayer (n.) One who portrays.

Portrayed :: portrayed (imp. & p. p.) of Portra.

Delineate :: Delineate (v. t.) To indicate by lines drawn in the form or figure of; to represent by sketch, design, or diagram; to sketch out; to portray; to picture; in drawing and engraving, to represent in lines, as with the pen, pencil, or graver; hence, to represent with accuracy and minuteness. See Delineation..

Line :: Line (v. t.) To represent by lines; to delineate; to portray.

Portray :: Portray (v. t.) To paint or draw the likeness of; as, to portray a king on horseback..

Portraying :: Portraying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Portra.

Flatter :: Flatter (v. t.) To portray too favorably; to give a too favorable idea of; as, his portrait flatters him..

Delineate :: Delineate (v. t.) To portray to the mind or understanding by words; to set forth; to describe.

Adumbration :: Adumbration (n.) A faint sketch; an outline; an imperfect portrayal or representation of a thing.

Reproduce :: Reproduce (v. t.) To make an image or other representation of; to portray; to cause to exist in the memory or imagination; to make a copy of; as, to reproduce a person's features in marble, or on canvas; to reproduce a design..

Portraiture :: Portraiture (v. t.) To represent by a portrait, or as by a portrait; to portray..

Fancy :: Fancy (v. t.) To form a conception of; to portray in the mind; to imagine.

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