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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: portray (0.02096 detik)
Found 3 items, similar to portray.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: portray
melukiskan, membawakan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: portray
portray
v 1: portray in words;
“The book portrays the actor as a selfish
person”
2: make a portrait of;
“Goya wanted to portray his mistress,
the Duchess of Alba” [syn:
depict,
limn]
3: assume or act the character of;
“She impersonates Madonna”;
“The actor portrays an elderly, lonely man” [syn:
impersonate]
4: represent in a painting, drawing, sculpture, or verbally;
“The father is portrayed as a good-looking man in this
painting” [syn:
present]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Portray
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 draw. See
Trace, v. t., and cf.
Protract.]
1. To paint or draw the likeness of; as, to portray a king on
horseback.
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Take a tile, and lay it before thee, and portray
upon it the city, even Jerusalem. --Ezek. iv. 1.
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2. Hence, figuratively, to describe in words.
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3. To adorn with pictures. [R.]
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Spear and helmets thronged, and shields
Various with boastful arguments potrayed. --Milton.
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