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portraying
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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 ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of portray English)
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.