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pictorializing
Variant of pictorial
pictorial
definition
pic·to·rial (pik tôr′ē əl)
adjective
- Rare of a painter or painting
- of, containing, or expressed in pictures
- evoking or suggesting a mental image or picture; vivid; graphic, as a description
Etymology: LL pictorius < L pictor, painter < pp. of pingere, to paint
noun
a periodical featuring many pictures
Related Forms:
- pictorially pic·to′·ri·ally adverb
- pictorialize pic·to′·ri·al·ize′ transitive verb pictorialized -·ized′, pictorializing -·iz′·ing
- pictorialization pic·to′·ri·ali·za′·tion noun
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