portraying

por·tray

P0460800 (pôr-trā′)tr.v. por·trayed, por·tray·ing, por·trays 1. To depict or represent pictorially; make a picture of: The painter portrays a typical country scene.2. To describe or represent in words: The author portrays the world of the fantastically wealthy.3. To describe or depict in a certain way: The book portrays her as hardworking and driven.4. To represent dramatically, as on the stage: The actor portrays an obsessed lover in the film.

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[Middle English portraien, from Old French portraire : por-, forth (from Latin prō-, forth; see pro-¹) + traire, to draw (from Latin trahere, to drag).]

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por·tray′a·ble adj.por·tray′er n.

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portraying - a representation by picture or portraituredepicting, depiction, portrayalrepresentational process - any basic cognitive process in which some entity comes to stand for or represent something elsemirror - a faithful depiction or reflection; "the best mirror is an old friend"