Crossword clues for depicting
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Depict \De*pict"\ (d[-e]*p[i^]kt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Depicted; p. pr. & vb. n. Depicting.]
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To form a colored likeness of; to represent by a picture; to paint; to portray.
His arms are fairly depicted in his chamber.
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To represent in words; to describe vividly.
C[ae]sar's gout was then depicted in energetic language.
--Motley.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of depict English)
WordNet
n. a representation by picture or portraiture [syn: depiction, portraying, portrayal]
Usage examples of "depicting".
Then he eyed a threadbare tapestry depicting a maiden patting her unicorn.
The first case he led me to displayed a cover from Tunisia depicting a mosaic from Venice's Saint Mark's Cathedral.
The walls, paneled with dark, elaborately carved wooden squares, were hung with rich tapestries depicting battle scenes.
She broke off, looked at Rosvita, then folded her hands in her lap and regarded the opposite wall and the tapestry depicting St.
The room looked very ordinary with its two handsomely carved chests, for storage, and the tapestries on the wall depicting the usual noble scenes: a hunt, a feast, an assembly of church women.
Thecla the Wit-nesser, not enough light to illuminate the magnificent frescoes depicting the life of the blessed saint for which the chapel was justly famous.
The corridor she had thought would lead her to the room of astronomies led her instead, unexpectedly, to a chapel elaborately decorated with gilded lamps hanging from a beamed ceiling and frescoes depicting the life of St.
The mellow light pooled over a parquet floor and set into relief a set of frescoes depicting such obscene subjects that Liath blushed.
Out of breath, she leaned against a doorframe painted with a mural depicting the ancient Emperor Tianathano driving a chariot pulled by griffins.
The wainscoting was all of ivory, each plaque detailing a scene: battles, the martyrdom of saints, the journey of Helen and her founding of the ancient city of Dariya, stories depicting the queens and kings of Aosta and the trials of the Holy Mothers of the church side by side with heathen tales of "gods and magic.
Larger even than the Parthenon in Greece, the towering edifice rose toward the night sky, its venerable exterior generously adorned with intricately carved friezes depicting picturesque scenes from Hindu folklore and mythology.
Elaborate bas-reliefs, depicting various episodes from the life of Shiva, ran around the cornice bridging the thick granite columns.
A large-screen television monitor occupied the entire north wall of the bunker, while a patriotic mural, painted by an artistically inclined member of the militia, ran along the remaining three walls, depicting key moments in the never-ending battle for Liberty, from Lexington and Concord to the Fall of the Berlin Wall.
The mural washed across the far wall, depicting the Translatus of the blessed Daisan, had splintered with a thousand cracks, and the Earth beneath his feet had vanished into a pile of fragments on the floor.
Mathilda's attendants had shoved the big table out of the way and up against a tapestry depicting the trials of triumphs of St.