Portray /(?)/

Por·tray

Portray

v. t.

imp. & p. p. portrayed; p. pr. & vb. n. Portraying

  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.