depict
/dɪˈpɪkt/ verb, adjective
Forms depicts depicting depicted
- verb To render a representation of something, using words, sounds, images, or other means.
- adjective (obsolete) Depicted.
Synonyms
portray express exhibit register show describe bespeak visualise draw render depicture picture limn
Etymology
From Middle English depicten, from Latin dēpictus, from dēpingō.
Webster’s 1913
- participle Depicted. Lydgate.
- participle Depicted. Lydgate.
- verb To form a colored likeness of; to represent by a picture; to paint; to portray.
- verb To represent in words; to describe vividly.
Etymology [L. depictus, p. p. of depingere to depict; de- + pingere to paint. See Paint, and cf. Depaint, p. p.]
Etymology [L. depictus, p. p. of depinger to depict; de- + pingere to paint. See Paint, and cf. Depaint, p. p.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “depict”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details