depicture means The act or result of depicturing something or someone. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
noun
- The act or result of depicturing something or someone.“The conception of a misdeed operating through several generations […] was a novel one at the time; this graphic depicture of the past at work upon the present has anticipated a great deal of the history and criticism of the following twenty-five years […]”
verb
- To make a picture or representation of.“The bed appointed for the prince to rest himselfe, was of blacke Ebonie enchased which Rubies, Diamons and Carbun[c]ls […] on which by degrees mans state from infancie to his olde age was plainly depictured,”
- To represent in words.“The modern Fiction which depictures the son of Cytherea [i.e. Eros] with a bandage round his eyes, is not without a spiritual meaning. There is a sweet and holy Blindness in Christian LOVE […]”
- To give visual evidence of (referring to a person's facial expression or appearance)“[…] he entered the church with a proud firm step, and with a countenance which depictured his inward triumph;”
- To form a mental image of.“[…] I would depicture her, a foiled and wistful little wraith, very lonely in eternity […]”