dictionary definitions for "depicting"


From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  depicting
      n 1: a representation by picture or portraiture [syn:
           depicting, depiction, portraying, portrayal]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Depict \De*pict"\ (d[-e]*p[i^]kt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     Depicted; p. pr. & vb. n. Depicting.]
     1. To form a colored likeness of; to represent by a picture;
        to paint; to portray.
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              His arms are fairly depicted in his chamber.
                                                    --Fuller.
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     2. To represent in words; to describe vividly.
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              C[ae]sar's gout was then depicted in energetic
              language.                             --Motley.
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