Portray

por-tra', v. [-TRAYED (-trad'). -TRAYi.ng.] To paint or draw the likene of; to describe in words. [OF. povrtraire, LL. protrakere, to paint, depict, in L., to bring forward, expose, reveal, pro, forward, and trahere, to draw see Trace.] — Portland Vase. Portray'al, Act of portraying.— Portray'er, ».— Portrait, -trSt, n. That which portrayed: the drawn or painted likene of a face or person; any exact likene of a living being. [OF. pourtraict, orig. p. p. of pourtraire?] — Por'traiture. -tra-chur, n. A portrait; that copied from some example or model; the drawing of portraits._ [OF. pourtraict ure.]