ZebraWords.com - The Definition of 'Depict', Synonyms of 'Depict' & More on 'Depict'

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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

Dictionary Results for depict:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

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]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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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