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[pɔːˈtreɪ], (Verb)
Definitions:
- depict (someone or something) in a work of art or literature
(e.g: the ineffectual Oxbridge dons portrayed by Evelyn Waugh)
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Origin
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Middle English: from Old French portraire, based on traire ‘to draw’, from an alteration of Latin trahere
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