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por⋅trai⋅ture
[pawr-tri-cher, pohr-] 
trɪ
–noun
| 1. | the art or an instance of making portraits. |
| 2. | a pictorial representation; portrait. |
| 3. | a verbal picture. |
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| por·trai·ture (pôr'trĭ-chŏŏr', pōr'-) n.
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Portraiture
Por"trai*ture\ (?; 135), n. [F. portraiture.]1. A portrait; a likeness; a painted resemblance; hence, that which is copied from some example or model. For, by the image of my cause, I see The portraiture of his. --Shak. Divinity maketh the love of ourselves the pattern; the love of our neighbors but the portraiture. --Bacon. 2. Pictures, collectively; painting. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 3. The art or practice of making portraits. --Walpole.Portraiture
Por"trai*ture\, v. t. To represent by a portrait, or as by a portrait; to portray. [R.] --Shaftesbury.
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