depicture

1. (transitive, archaic) To make a picture or representation of.Examples: "The bed appointed for the prince to rest himselfe, was of blacke Ebonie enchased which Rubies, Diamons and Carbun[c]ls […] on which by degrees mans state from infancie to his olde age was plainly depictured,"; "1749 Henry Fielding, A Journey from this World to the Next, Book 1, Chapter 3, in The Works of Henry Fielding, London: J. Johnson et al., 1806, Volume 4, pp. 339-340, I next mounted through a large painted staircase, where several persons were depictured in caricatura;"Synonyms: depict, portray, renderarchaictransitive

2. (transitive, archaic) To represent in words.Examples: "The modern Fiction which depictures the son of Cytherea [i.e. Eros] with a bandage round his eyes, is not without a spiritual meaning. There is a sweet and holy Blindness in Christian LOVE […]"; "1862, Ellen Wood (as Mrs. Henry Wood), Life’s Secret, London: Charles W. Wood, 1867, Volume 2, Chapter 9, p. 192, You have seen some of its [the dispute’s] disastrous working upon the men: you cannot see it all, for it would take a whole volume to depicture it."; "Now as soon as the goldsmith saw her, he knew her (for that the Prince had talked with him of her and had depictured her to him) […]"Synonyms: describe, depict, portrayarchaictransitive

3. (transitive, archaic) To give visual evidence of (referring to a person's facial expression or appearance)Examples: "[…] he entered the church with a proud firm step, and with a countenance which depictured his inward triumph;"; "A look, depicturing such agony as Ingram never saw before, in the face of man, accompanied this declaration on the part of his friend […]"; "1910, anonymous, “The State of Arkansaw” in John A. Lomax, Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads, New York: Sturgis & Walton, p. 227, I followed my conductor into his dwelling place; Poverty were depictured in his melancholy face."Synonyms: reflect, show, indicate, betokenarchaictransitive

4. (transitive, archaic) To form a mental image of.Examples: "[…] I would depicture her, a foiled and wistful little wraith, very lonely in eternity […]"Synonyms: imagine, picturearchaictransitive