depict
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Depict their lives as a string of endless indignities, and you will be accused of exploiting their suffering.
From Economist • Sep. 13, 2017
Depict inert things as a realist, as a poet, it's all the same to me, but, when one touches on the emotions of the human heart, it is another thing.
From The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters by McKenzie, Aimée G. Leffingwel
Depict him, as it were, throwing off his human shape and seeing the abodes of men so far below him, so puny, so infinitely small that he begins to realize eternity.
From The House Under the Sea A Romance by Pemberton, Max, Sir
Depict innocence on Florence's part—she does not "get his drift."
From Writing the Photoplay by Esenwein, J. Berg (Joseph Berg)
Depict, de-pikt′, v.t. to paint carefully: to make a likeness of: to describe minutely.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
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STAAR English I: The Language of the Test 1
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