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You have seen some of its disastrous working upon the men: you cannot see it all, for it would take a whole volume to depicture it.

Depicture, de-pikt′ūr, v.t. to picture: to paint: to represent:—pr.p. depict′ūring; pa.p. depict′ūred.

In vain would ye strive to depicture How, in a love-laden breast, anguish alternates with bliss.

On turning towards the West, the lover of contrast may for a moment call to his imagination the dark, heavy, and almost impenetrable forest which covered these lands in the twelfth century, and depicture figures of the inhabitants of Leicester bearing from thence their allowed load p. 77of wood, the supply for their hearths, and for this privilege, paying at the West bridge, their toll of brïgg silver to their feudal Baron. 

But she was far from rightly understanding my words: she sometimes fancied I was a prince pursued by a cruel proscription; a high and devoted chief, whom her imagination loved to depicture, and to give to her beloved one all the bright hues of heroism.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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