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portray definition

por·tray (pôr trā′)

transitive verb

  1. to make a picture or portrait of; depict; delineate
  2. to make a word picture of; describe
  3. to play the part of as in a play or film

Etymology: ME purtreien < MFr portraire < L protrahere, to draw forth < pro-, forth + trahere, to draw

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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