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portrayed

[pawr-trey, pohr-] Example Sentences Origin

por·tray

[pawr-trey, pohr-]
verb (used with object)
1.
to make a likeness of by drawing, painting, carving, or the like.
2.
to depict in words; describe graphically.
3.
to represent dramatically, as on the stage: He portrayed Napoleon in the play.

Origin:
1300–50; Middle English portrayen < Middle French portraire < Late Latin prōtrahere to depict, Latin: to draw forth, equivalent to prō- pro-1 + trahere to draw

por·tray·a·ble, adjective
por·tray·er, noun
non·por·tray·a·ble, adjective
pre·por·tray, verb (used with object)
un·por·tray·a·ble, adjective
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un·por·trayed, adjective
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1, 2. picture, delineate, limn. See depict.

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Portrayed is always a great word to know.
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a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
Example Sentences
  • They also said that the way the invention was described in court was different from how it was portrayed in the patent.
  • Nazarbaev is not as popular as being portrayed here.
  • Santa's reindeer are always portrayed as having antlers.
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Word Origin & History

portray
c.1300, from Anglo-Fr. purtraire, O.Fr. portraire "to draw, to paint, portray" (12c.), lit. "trace, draw forth," from por- "forth" (from L. pro-) + traire "trace, draw," from L. trahere "to drag, draw" (see tract (1)).
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