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depicture

noun · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The act or result of depicturing something or someone.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

Examples

  • 1972, Stanley Bertram Chrimes, Henry VII, Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, Appendix F: “Portraiture of Henry VII and Queen Elizabeth,” p. 333, Three other depictures of Henry VII are known to have been made during his lifetime.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: depiction

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To make a picture or representation of.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, transitive

Examples

  • 1749 Henry Fielding, A Journey from this World to the Next, Book 1, Chapter 3, in The Works of Henry Fielding, London: J. Johnson et al., 1806, Volume 4, pp. 339-340, I next mounted through a large painted staircase, where several persons were depictured in caricatura;

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: depict, portray, render

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To represent in words.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, transitive

Examples

  • 1862, Ellen Wood (as Mrs. Henry Wood), Life’s Secret, London: Charles W. Wood, 1867, Volume 2, Chapter 9, p. 192, You have seen some of its [the dispute’s] disastrous working upon the men: you cannot see it all, for it would take a whole volume to depicture it.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: describe, depict, portray

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To give visual evidence of (referring to a person's facial expression or appearance)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, transitive

Examples

  • 1910, anonymous, “The State of Arkansaw” in John A. Lomax, Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads, New York: Sturgis & Walton, p. 227, I followed my conductor into his dwelling place; Poverty were depictured in his melancholy face.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: reflect, show, indicate, betoken

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To form a mental image of.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, transitive

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: imagine, picture

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From de- + picture; formed under the influence of depict.