depict

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To show something in a picture, painting, or photograph.

   The painting depicts a quiet village in winter.

2. 2
   verb

   To describe something in words.

   The novel depicts life in a small fishing town.

Simplified etymology

Depict entered English in the late Middle English period from Latin depingere “portray.” That verb combined de- “completely” with pingere “to paint,” the Latin source also underlying picture, paint, and pigment.

From Middle English depicten, from Latin dēpictus, from dēpingō.

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