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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. ..."