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Webster 1913 Edition


Depaint

De-paint′

,
p.
p.
[F.
dépeint
, p. p. of
dépeindre
to paint, fr. L.
depingere
. See
Depict
,
p.
p.
]
Painted.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

De-paint′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Depainted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Depainting
.]
1.
To paint; to picture; hence, to describe; to delineate in words; to depict.
[Obs.]
And do unwilling worship to the saint
That on his shield
depainted
he did see.
Spenser.
In few words shall see the nature of many memorable persons . . .
depainted
.
Holland.
2.
To mark with, or as with, color; to color.
Silver drops her vermeil cheeks
depaint
.
Fairfax.

Webster 1828 Edition


Depaint

DEPAINT

,
Verb.
T.
[L. To paint.]
1.
To paint; to picture; to represent in colors, as by painting the resemblance.
2.
To describe in words.

Definition 2024


depaint

depaint

English

Verb

depaint (third-person singular simple present depaints, present participle depainting, simple past depainted, past participle depainted or (archaic, rare) depainten)

  1. (archaic) To depict; to paint; to portray; to delineate.
  2. (archaic) To depict in words; to describe graphically.
  3. (archaic) To colour; to decorate with colours.
  4. (archaic) To stain; to distain.
  5. (transitive) To remove paint from.
    aircraft depainting technology

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