Category:Portray

Por*tray", v. t. [written also pourtray.] [imp. & p. p. portrayed (P. pr. & vb. n. Portraying.] Etym: [oe. pourtraien, of. portraire, Pourtraire, f. portraire, fr. L. protrahere, protractum, to draw or Drag forth; pro forward, forth + trahere to draw. See trace, v. t., And cf. Protract.]

1. To paint or draw the likeness of; as, to portray a king on Horseback. Take a tile, and lay it before thee, and portray upon it the city, Even jerusalem. Ezek. iv. 1.

2. Hence, figuratively, to describe in words.

3. To adorn with pictures. [r.] Spear and helmets thronged, and shields various with boastful Arguments potrayed. Milton.