Por*tray" (?), v. t. [Written also pourtray.]
[imp. & p. p. portrayed (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n.
Portraying.] [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.
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