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What is the verb for portrait?

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portray
  1. To paint or draw the likeness of.
  2. (figuratively) To describe in words; to convey.
  3. To play a role; to depict a character, person, situation, or event.
  4. To adorn with pictures.
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  6. Examples:
    1. “Picasso would often portray various subjects in an abstract manner.”
      “I would like to see the film portray its lead protagonist as a strong, yet flawed, character.”
      “The actors would portray representations of biblical stories with accompanying antiphonal songs.”
portrait
  1. (obsolete) To portray; to draw.
portrays
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of portray
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “On March 6 and 8 he portrays the randy Latin sailor in Jerome Robbins's Fancy Free.”
      “Walker's script portrays a couple of go-nowhere white trash who struggle desperately to climb out of the muck and back into civilized society.”
      “Taylor portrays Hitler as a sour, arrogant, abstemious spoilsport and friend to small animals.”
portrayeth
  1. (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative form of portray
portraited
  1. simple past tense and past participle of portrait
  2. Examples:
    1. “Jim was stupefied to find himself once more pilloried and portraited and ballyhooed in the newspapers.”
portrayed
  1. simple past tense and past participle of portray
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “In the myth-making of the Middle East, it allowed the West to be portrayed as weak and irresolute.”
      “Discovering and forging westering paths was increasingly portrayed as a heroic, transforming experience.”
      “Pan is most often portrayed with the torso of a man, the hooved legs and twisty horns of a wild goat, and the capricious face of a human.”
portraiting
  1. present participle of portrait
portraying
  1. present participle of portray
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Both candidates are portraying themselves as the sole true heir of Reaganism.”
      “Delivering the monologues are six actresses, each portraying a different type of mother.”
      “He ostensibly repents, and Baldwin cleverly alludes to the Judgment Day in portraying his conversion.”
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