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Webster 1913 Edition
Depaint
De-paint′
,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
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.
1.
To paint; to picture; to represent in colors, as by painting the resemblance.2.
To describe in words.