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portray
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[ verb ] portray in words
Examples "The book portrays the actor as a selfish person" Used in print (Edward E. Kelly, S.J., "Christian Unity in England"...)There were many letters of strong protest against the portrait of the Anglican clergyman , who was indeed portrayed as a man not particularly concerned with religious matters and without really very_much to do as clergyman . (Jaroslav Pelikan, The Shape of Death: life, death and...)As Origen interprets the end of history on the basis of its beginning , so Irenaeus portrays the story of Adam on the basis of the story of Christ . (Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)The wife , Amra , and her lover are both savagely portrayed , she as incarnate sensuality , `` voluptuous '' and `` indolent '' , possibly `` a mischief maker '' , with `` a kind of luxurious cunning '' to set against her apparent simplicity , her `` bird like brain '' . (S. Idell Pyle, et al., Onsets, Completions, and...)For_example , arrow 17 in Figure 3 portrays the proximal radial epiphysis for boy 34 , whereas the same epiphysis for girl 2 is portrayed by arrow 18 in Figure 4 . For_example , arrow 17 in Figure 3 portrays the proximal radial epiphysis for boy 34 , whereas the same epiphysis for girl 2 is portrayed by arrow 18 in Figure 4 . |
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[ verb ] make a portrait of
Examples : "showing society what it looked like..portraying..its ugliness and its beauties.." Used in print (Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)The monk Savonarola , brought over from the Renaissance and placed against the background of Munich at the turn_of_the_century , protests against the luxurious works displayed in the art shop of M._Bluthenzweig ; in particular against a Madonna portrayed in a voluptuous style and modeled , according_to gossip , upon the painter 's mistress . |
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[ verb ] (theater) assume or act the character of
Synonyms Examples "She impersonates Madonna" "The actor portrays an elderly, lonely man" Used in print (Modern Maturity, 4:6...)We know that actors can learn to portray a wide variety of character roles . By this same combination of the will and the imagination , each one of us can learn to portray permanently the kind_of character we would like to be . Related terms |
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[ verb ] represent in a painting, drawing, sculpture, or verbally
Synonyms Examples "The father is portrayed as a coward in this play" Related terms represent commend art portraiture depicting portraitist depiction |
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