depict Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb show in, or as in, a picture
    picture; render; show.
    • This scene depicts country life
    • the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting
  2. verb give a description of
    draw; describe.
    • He drew an elaborate plan of attack
  3. verb make a portrait of
    portray; limn.
    • Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba

WordNet

De*pict" past participle
Etymology
L. depictus, p. p. of depingere to depict; de- + pingere to paint. See Paint, and cf. Depaint, p. p.
Definitions
  1. Depicted. Lydgate.
De*pict" past participle
Etymology
L. depictus, p. p. of depinger to depict; de- + pingere to paint. See Paint, and cf. Depaint, p. p.
Definitions
  1. Depicted. Lydgate.
De*pict" transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Depicted; present participle & verbal noun Depicting
Definitions
  1. To form a colored likeness of; to represent by a picture; to paint; to portray.
    His arms are fairly depicted in his chamber. Fuller.
  2. To represent in words; to describe vividly.
    Cæsar's gout was then depicted in energetic language. Motley.

Webster 1913