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What does portray mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word portray? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. To paint or draw the likeness of.
  2. (figuratively) To describe in words; to convey.
  3. To play a role; to depict a character, person, situation, or event.
  4. To adorn with pictures.
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I have been repelled by attempts to portray him as a vacuous man with an artificial smile and no convictions.
This is artistic licence and I think Rubens is taking it to portray sheer power.
His books portray the animalistic, sensuous, physiological face of humankind.
All too often you're talking to two sides eager to portray themselves in a sympathetic light.
A few large panels portray ancient hunts, with a figure stalking herds of deer.
It is sensitively modeled to portray the aquiline nose and almond-shaped eyes of the king.

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