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   Por·tray

   /pôrˈtrā/

   

   verb

   • 1. depict (someone or something) in a work of art or literature: "the author wanted to portray a new type of hero" Similar paintdrawpaint/draw a picture ofpicturesketchdepictrepresentillustratepresentshowrenderliterary:limndescribedepictcharacterizerepresentdelineatepresentshowpaint in wordsevoke
   • ▪ describe (someone or something) in a particular way: "the book portrayed him as a self-serving careerist" Similar representdepictcharacterizedescribepresent
   • ▪ (of an actor) represent or play the part of (someone) on film or stage: "he tossed his affable TV persona aside to portray a merciless mobster" Similar play the part ofplayact the part oftake the role ofactrepresentappear asrare:personate

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French portraire, based on traire ‘to draw’, from an alteration of Latin trahere.

   Derivatives

   • 1. portrayable adjective
   • 2. portrayer noun

   Scrabble Points: 12

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