Pourtrays

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Shows a person, scene, or idea through art, description, or performance
2. Represent something or someone in a detailed or expressive way
3. Creates an image or character in words, pictures, or other creative forms

Etymology: "Pourtrays" is the third-person singular present form of the verb "pourtray", so its history is the history of that verb, which is an older spelling of "portray" that is still used in some places as an alternative. "Pourtray" is the Middle English form, and the spelling with "pour" was an attempt to show the word's French origin, since it came into English from French "portraire," meaning to draw or paint a likeness. The verb has carried the sense of representing someone or something in art since its earliest use in English, with the extension to describing in words or on stage developing later.

Synonyms: depicts, illustrates, describes

Antonyms: conceals, distorts, misrepresents