What does "portray" mean?
Portray: 2. Hence, figuratively, to describe in words.
Additional senses
- 2.To adorn with pictures. [R.] Spear and helmets thronged, and shields Various with boastful arguments potrayed. Milton.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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