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Definition of Depict

Depict

Depicted.

To form a colored likeness of; to represent by a picture; to paint; to portray.

To represent in words; to describe vividly.

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Depict Quotations

It was my effort, in depicting the West, to depict it as it was.
Buffalo Bill

Sex is a doorway to something so powerful and mystical, but movies usually depict it in a completely flat way.
David Lynch

We have enslaved the rest of the animal creation, and have treated our distant cousins in fur and feathers so badly that beyond doubt, if they were able to formulate a religion, they would depict the Devil in human form.
William Ralph Inge

But it is a delightful challenge to try to depict interesting aliens.
David Brin

The process changes slightly from role to role. Obviously, there are different things you're called on to do. You're not digging deep for Basher Tarr like I was for Paul Rusesabagina, but at the end of the day it's still all make-believe and you still are trying as realistically as you can to depict these characters.
Don Cheadle

If you really want to diminish a candidate, depict him as the foil of his handler. This is as old in American politics as politics itself.
Karl Rove

We don't have any rules about how we depict violence, or how much violence is in a movie. It's a calibration on a case-by-case basis.
Joel Coen

The painter who feels obligated to depict his subjects as uniformly beautiful or handsome and without flaws will fall short of making art.
Joyce Maynard

I think there are two ways to depict a family. One is what it's really like, and one is what the audience would like it to be. Between you and me, I think the second one is what I would prefer.
Aaron Spelling

An author who sets about to depict events of the past that have run their course is suspected of wishing to avoid the problems of the present day, of being, in other words, a reactionary.
Lion Feuchtwanger

The one thing I learned the most about acting is it takes a tremendous amount of courage to go there and stand still. It takes courage and guts to step out of your mind frame and depict something.
Carson Daly

For a poet to depict a poet in poetry is a hazardous experiment; in regarding one's own trade a sense of humour and a little wholesome cynicism are not amiss.
Edward Dowden

The inability to listen and to depict in the countenance what others have said has spoiled many a good actress.
Julia Marlowe

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Depict Translations

depict in Afrikaans is uitbeeld
depict in Dutch is uitbeelden, verbeelden, afbeelden
depict in German is schildern, darstellen
depict in Norwegian is skildre, avbilde
depict in Portuguese is descreva
depict in Spanish is pintar
depict in Swedish is skildra

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