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depict

/dɪˈpɪkt/

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What does depict mean?

verb

  1. To render a representation of something, using words, sounds, images, or other means.
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adjective

  1. (obsolete) Depicted.

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IPA pronunciation

/dɪˈpɪkt/

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In order to depict a battle, there is required one of those powerful painters who have chaos in their brushes.
Victor HugoLes MisérablesTranslated by Isabel Florence HapgoodProject Gutenberg ebook #135
The hero they depict is the warrior, and they fire the hearts of the child with admiration and desire for emulation.
Abraham MyersonThe Foundations of PersonalityProject Gutenberg ebook #1575
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Our foregoing descriptions are intended to depict the typical communities of each group, those which present the largest number of group-marks.
Charles Hose; William McDougallThe Pagan Tribes of Borneo A Description of Their Physical Moral and Intellectual Condition, with Some Discussion of Their Ethnic RelationsProject Gutenberg ebook #3307
It required no very vivid imagination to depict the most frightful scenes through which I should have to pass, in case I failed.
Frederick DouglassNarrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American SlaveProject Gutenberg ebook #23
Primordial man's efforts to depict that which delighted his soul were crude indeed, compared with the creations of your world's foremost artists today.
J. L. KennonThe Planet Mars and Its Inhabitants, a Psychic RevelationProject Gutenberg ebook #563