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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..

Paint :: Paint (v. t.) To form in colors a figure or likeness of on a flat surface, as upon canvas; to represent by means of colors or hues; to exhibit in a tinted image; to portray with paints; as, to paint a portrait or a landscape..

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

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

Portrait :: Portrait (v. t.) To portray; to draw.

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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..

Portray :: Portray (v. t.) To adorn with pictures.

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

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

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

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

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

Depict :: Depict (v. t.) To form a colored likeness of; to represent by a picture; to paint; to portray.

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