See Also: portrait(medicine)
portrait(1)(dictionary)
portrait(2)(dictionary)
self-portrait(dictionary)
portrait parle(dictionary)
portrait 1, noun(dictionary)
portrait 2, adjective(dictionary)
National Portrait Gallery(dictionary)
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, A(dictionary)

portrait(2) (iou)



portrait verb1 trans. Now rare or obsolete. M16.
[Earliest as pa. pple portraited, app. an extended form of portrait pa. pple of PORTRAY verb: see PORTRAIT noun, adjective, & adverb.]
Make a portrait, picture, or image of; = PORTRAY verb 1. M16.
Draw or make (a picture, image, or figure); = PORTRAY verb 1b. M16-M17.
fig. Represent or describe graphically. Also foll. by out. Cf. PORTRAY verb 3b, 4. L16.