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    por·tray
    [pôrˈtrā]
    verb
    portray (verb) · portrays (third person present) · portrayed (past tense) · portrayed (past participle) · portraying (present participle)
    1. depict (someone or something) in a work of art or literature:
      "the author wanted to portray a new type of hero"
      • describe (someone or something) in a particular way:
        "the book portrayed him as a self-serving careerist"
      • (of an actor) represent or play the part of (someone) on film or stage:
        "he tossed his affable TV persona aside to portray a merciless mobster"
    Origin
    Middle English: from Old French portraire, based on traire ‘to draw’, from an alteration of Latin trahere.
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    1. depict (someone or something) in a work of art or literature:
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