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Make a portrait of
Answer for the clue "Make a portrait of ", 10 letters:
portraying
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of portray English)
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a representation by picture or portraiture [syn: depicting , depiction , portrayal ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Portray \Por*tray"\, v. t. [Written also pourtray .] [imp. & p. p. portrayed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Portraying .] [OE. pourtraien, OF. portraire, pourtraire, F. portraire, fr. L. protrahere, protractum, to draw or drag forth; pro forward, forth + trahere to ...
Usage examples of portraying.
All that anyone can remember is that some Republican had to extricate himself from a morass of allegations portraying him as some sort of legal malefactor.
So Florian hurried Edge and Fitz along the circus's midway: a row of booths topped by canvas banners portraying, with unabashed exaggeration and artistic license, the attractions to be found within: La Dama Obesissima, Ercole il Potente, Il Ragazzo Pinguino.
He did not strike Jessica as having a particular fondness for plays or operas, but his advisors must have pointed out the benefits of portraying himself as a cultured ruler.