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Definition of Depaint

1. p. p. Painted.

2. v. t. To paint; to picture; hence, to describe; to delineate in words; to depict.

Definition of Depaint

1. Verb. (archaic) To depict; to paint; to portray; to delineate. ¹

2. Verb. (archaic) To depict in words; to describe graphically. ¹

3. Verb. (archaic) To colour; to decorate with colours. ¹

4. Verb. (archaic) To stain; to distain. ¹

5. Verb. (transitive) To remove paint from. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Depaint

1. to depict [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: depict

Lexicographical Neighbors of Depaint

Literary usage of Depaint

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publications of the Spenser Society by Spenser Society (1869)
"... in a right depaint? Sith now is left nor Rofe, nor Hyacint, Each one their beauties with their hue acquaint. The golden feeling of thy browes rich frame ..."

2. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by John Oswald, Joseph Thomas, James Lynd, John Miller Keagy (1868)
"3. to paint : as, pic'ture, the thing painted, likeness or resemblance ; picto'rial, belonging^ to a painter. depaint', v. paint, v. ..."

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