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English → English (gcide) Definition: pourtray 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. [1913 Webster] Take a tile, and lay it before thee, and portray upon it the city, even Jerusalem. --Ezek. iv. 1. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence, figuratively, to describe in words. [1913 Webster] 3. To adorn with pictures. [R.] [1913 Webster] Spear and helmets thronged, and shields Various with boastful arguments potrayed. --Milton. [1913 Webster]