Definition of Portreit
Por"trait (?), n. [F., originally p. p.
of portraire to portray. See Portray.]
1. The likeness of a person, painted, drawn, or
engraved; commonly, a representation of the human face painted from
real life.
In portraits, the grace, and, we may add, the
likeness, consists more in the general air than in the exact
similitude of every feature. Sir J. Reynolds.
&fist; The meaning of the word is sometimes extended so as to
include a photographic likeness.
2. Hence, any graphic or vivid delineation or
description of a person; as, a portrait in words.
Portrait bust, or Portrait
statue, a bust or statue representing the actual
features or person of an individual; -- in distinction from an
ideal bust or statue.
Por"trait, v. t. To portray; to
draw. [Obs.] Spenser.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- a picture, especially a painting, of one's bust
- (figurative): an accurate depiction of a mood
The author painted a good portrait of urban life in New York in his latest book.
- (Printing): a print mode or selection specifying the rectangle to be printed on having the vertical sides longer than the horizontal sides.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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