Dictionary definition · portray
verb
- portray in words"The book portrays the actor as a selfish person"
- make a portrait of"Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba"
- assume or act the character of"She impersonates Madonna"
- represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or sculpture"The father is portrayed as a good-looking man in this painting"
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Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).