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Definition of PORTRAY

Portray
Portray Por*tray", v. t. [Written also pourtray.] [imp. & p. p. portrayed; p. pr. & vb. n. Portraying.] [OE. pourtraien, OF. portraire, pourtraire, F. portraire, fr. L. protrahere, protractum, to draw or drag forth; pro forward, forth + trahere to draw. See Trace, v. t., and cf. Protract.] 1. To paint or draw the likeness of; as, to portray a king on horseback. Take a tile, and lay it before thee, and portray upon it the city, even Jerusalem. --Ezek. iv. 1. 2. Hence, figuratively, to describe in words. 3. To adorn with pictures. [R.] Spear and helmets thronged, and shields Various with boastful arguments potrayed. --Milton.

Meaning of PORTRAY from wikipedia

- attackers many times his size and physical bearing. The Penguin is usually portra**** as a capable physical combatant when he feels the situation calls for...
- young son of camp-cook-turned-killer Pamela Voorhees, in which he was portra**** by Ari Lehman. Created by Victor Miller, with contributions by Ron Kurz...
- make decisions based on the flip of a coin. The Modern Age of Comic Books portrays the character as having dissociative identity disorder, with Two-Face being...
- action thriller Ronin (1998). Bean achieved international recognition for portraying Boromir in the fantasy trilogy The Lord of the Rings (2001–2003). Following...
- featuring the character are typically the most successful. The Joker has been portra**** by Cesar Romero in the 1966–1968 Batman television series and the 1966...
- Superman, portra**** by Dean Cain. Superman appears in Smallville, portra**** by Tom Welling. Superman appears in media set in the Arrowverse, portra**** by Tyler...
- series Arcane (2021–2024). She portra**** Emily ****inson in the Apple TV+ series ****inson (2019–2021), and has portra**** Kate Bishop in the Marvel Cinematic...
- do****entaries predominantly explore the character of Dracula as he was first portra**** in film, with only a few adapting Stoker's original narrative more closely...
- Dead Pool (1988), and Husbands and Wives (1992). He rose to prominence portraying Oskar Schindler in Steven Spielberg's Holocaust drama Schindler's List...
- appear in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film Thunderbolts* (2025) portra**** by Lewis Pullman. In the late 1990s, Paul Jenkins and Rick Veitch developed...