depict

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

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Definition

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

I’m unable to depict it. — Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World, Jules Verne
But in his face boundless homage alone was depicted. — Quo Vadis: A Narrative of the Time of Nero, Henryk Sienkiewicz
Here we are unequal to the task of depicting the scene. — Notre-Dame de Paris, Victor Hugo

picture, render, show

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