Complete Definition of "depict"

English

Verb
en-verb

  1. To render a representation of something.

#* 1961, J. A. Philip, "Mimesis in the Sophistês of Plato," Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association, vol. 92, p. 457,
#*: the painter who depicts by mimesis a bridle �as it is held to be beautiful by the ignorant multitude� (601c-602b).

Synonyms
portray

Translations
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Chinese: �述 (miáoshù)
Estonian: kujutama
Finnish: kuvata
French: représenter
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Portuguese: representar
Romanian: a infatisa, a descrie, a picta

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