depicture

== English == === Etymology === From de- +‎ picture; formed under the influence of depict. === Verb === depicture (third-person singular simple present depictures, present participle depicturing, simple past and past participle depictured) (transitive, archaic) To make a picture or representation of. Synonyms: depict, portray, render 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,[2] I next mounted through a large painted staircase, where several persons were depictured in caricatura; (transitive, archaic) To represent in words. Synonyms: describe, depict, portray 1862, Ellen Wood (as Mrs. Henry Wood), Life’s Secret, London: Charles W. Wood, 1867, Volume 2, Chapter 9, p. 192,[4] 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. (transitive, archaic) To give visual evidence of (referring to a person's facial expression or appearance) Synonyms: reflect, show, indicate, betoken 1910, anonymous, “The State of Arkansaw” in John A. Lomax, Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads, New York: Sturgis & Walton, p. 227,[8] I followed my conductor into his dwelling place; Poverty were depictured in his melancholy face. (transitive, archaic) To form a mental image of. Synonyms: imagine, picture ==== Derived terms ==== depicturement === Noun === depicture (plural depictures) (archaic) The act or result of depicturing something or someone. Synonym: depiction 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,[12] Three other depictures of Henry VII are known to have been made during his lifetime.