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portraiture

portraiture is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.Pictures, collectively; painting. [Obs.] Chaucer.
  2. 2.The art or practice of making portraits. Walpole.
  3. 3.To represent by a portrait, or as by a portrait; to portray. [R.] Shaftesbury.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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