1. Noun
The likeness of a person, painted, drawn, or engraved; commonly, a representation of the human face painted from real life.
2. Noun
Hence, any graphic or vivid delineation or description of a person; as, a portrait in words.
3. Verb
To portray; to draw.
4. Noun
a word picture of a person's appearance and character
Vocabulary classified under Literature and rhetoric
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