depict — ozdic

Definitions

verb

1

To render a representation of something, using words, sounds, images, or other means.

And by [these Embassadours] he sent to their master a Tent, wherein the history of the Bible was as richly as curiously depicted in needle-work;

The Spring, when all its beauties rise, I see depicted in your eyes

adj

1

Depicted.

Early 1400s, John Lydgate, “The Concords of Company” in James Orchard Halliwell (ed.), A Selection from the Minor Poems of Dan John Lydgate, London: The Percy Society, 1840, p. 177, I fond a lyknesse depict upon a wal, Armed in vertues, as I walk up and doun, The hed of thre ful solempne and roial, Intellectus, memorye, and resoun;

Collocations

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(verb.)

ADV

vividly

The documentary vividly depicts the daily struggles of families living in poverty.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

verb — give a description of

verb — show in, or as in, a picture

verb — make a portrait of

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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And by [these Embassadours] he sent to their master a Tent, wherein the history of the Bible was as richly as curiously depicted in needle-work;

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The Spring, when all its beauties rise, I see depicted in your eyes

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At first, I believe, I answered her very incoherently, for I observed alarm beginning to depict itself upon her countenance.

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Early 1400s, John Lydgate, “The Concords of Company” in James Orchard Halliwell (ed.), A Selection from the Minor Poems of Dan John Lydgate, London: The Percy Society, 1840, p. 177, I fond a lyknesse

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I'm not a poet; I couldn't write a single line to depict its beauty.

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06

Meanwhile, we depict aliens doing really weird stuff.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, depict is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.