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de·pict

 (dĭ-pĭkt′)
tr.v. de·pict·ed, de·pict·ing, de·picts
1. To represent in a picture or sculpture: Each page's border has designs that depict forest animals.
2. To represent in words; describe: stories that depict life on the frontier.

[Middle English depicten, from Latin dēpingere, dēpict- : dē-, de- + pingere, to picture; see peig- in Indo-European roots.]

de·pic′tion n.
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depict

(dɪˈpɪkt)
vb (tr)
1. (Art Terms) to represent by or as by drawing, sculpture, painting, etc; delineate; portray
2. to represent in words; describe
[C17: from Latin dēpingere, from pingere to paint]
deˈpicter, deˈpictor n
deˈpiction n
deˈpictive adj
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de•pict

(dɪˈpɪkt)

v.t.
1. to represent by or as if by painting; portray; delineate.
2. to represent or characterize in words; describe.
[1625–35; < Latin dēpictus, past participle of dēpingere=dē- de- + pingere to paint]
de•pict′er, de•pic′tor, n.
de•pic′tion, n.
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depict


Past participle: depicted
Gerund: depicting

Imperative
depict
depict
Present
I depict
you depict
he/she/it depicts
we depict
you depict
they depict
Preterite
I depicted
you depicted
he/she/it depicted
we depicted
you depicted
they depicted
Present Continuous
I am depicting
you are depicting
he/she/it is depicting
we are depicting
you are depicting
they are depicting
Present Perfect
I have depicted
you have depicted
he/she/it has depicted
we have depicted
you have depicted
they have depicted
Past Continuous
I was depicting
you were depicting
he/she/it was depicting
we were depicting
you were depicting
they were depicting
Past Perfect
I had depicted
you had depicted
he/she/it had depicted
we had depicted
you had depicted
they had depicted
Future
I will depict
you will depict
he/she/it will depict
we will depict
you will depict
they will depict
Future Perfect
I will have depicted
you will have depicted
he/she/it will have depicted
we will have depicted
you will have depicted
they will have depicted
Future Continuous
I will be depicting
you will be depicting
he/she/it will be depicting
we will be depicting
you will be depicting
they will be depicting
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been depicting
you have been depicting
he/she/it has been depicting
we have been depicting
you have been depicting
they have been depicting
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been depicting
you will have been depicting
he/she/it will have been depicting
we will have been depicting
you will have been depicting
they will have been depicting
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been depicting
you had been depicting
he/she/it had been depicting
we had been depicting
you had been depicting
they had been depicting
Conditional
I would depict
you would depict
he/she/it would depict
we would depict
you would depict
they would depict
Past Conditional
I would have depicted
you would have depicted
he/she/it would have depicted
we would have depicted
you would have depicted
they would have depicted
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.depict - 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"
artistic creation, artistic production, art - the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully"
interpret, represent - create an image or likeness of; "The painter represented his wife as a young girl"
illustrate - depict with an illustration
map - depict as if on a map; "sorrow was mapped on the mother's face"
2.depict - give a description of; "He drew an elaborate plan of attack"
represent - describe or present, usually with respect to a particular quality; "He represented this book as an example of the Russian 19th century novel"
delineate - describe in vivid detail
exposit, set forth, expound - state; "set forth one's reasons"
adumbrate, outline, sketch - describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of; "sketch the outline of the book"; "outline his ideas"
3.depict - make a portrait of; "Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba"
artistic creation, artistic production, art - the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully"
interpret, represent - create an image or likeness of; "The painter represented his wife as a young girl"
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depict

verb
1. illustrate, portray, picture, paint, outline, draw, sketch, render, reproduce, sculpt, delineate, limn a gallery of pictures depicting famous battles
2. describe, present, represent, detail, outline, sketch, characterize Children's books often depict animals as gentle creatures.
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depict

verb
To present a lifelike image of:
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Translations
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aprakstītzīmēt
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depict

[dɪˈpɪkt] VT (in picture) → representar, pintar; (in words) → describir
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depict

[dɪˈpɪkt] vt
(in picture)représenter
(in words)dépeindre, décrire
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depict

vtdarstellen; (in words also) → beschreiben
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depict

[dɪˈpɪkt] vt (in picture) → rappresentare; (in words) → descrivere, dipingere
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

depict

(diˈpikt) verb
1. to paint, draw etc.
2. to describe. Her novel depicts the life of country people.
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References in periodicals archive ?
Even so, two further factors militate against holding the depictor responsible for possible imitations so that his creative liberty may legitimately be considered for restriction.
Like them, he was a vivid depictor of physiognomy, character, and the inner life of his sitters.
On the whole, however, it is valid to say that literary criticism valued him "as an accurate depictor of the past" (Kerr 1989: 1) and ignored those aspects of his novels that undermined the realistic illusion that he had first created.