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Webster 1913 Edition

Portrait

Por′trait

,
Noun.
[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.
☞ 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

,
Verb.
T.
To portray; to draw.
[Obs.]
Spenser.

Webster 1828 Edition

Portrait

PORTRAIT

,
Noun.
[Eng. to portray; pour; for, fore, and traire; L. trahere; Eng. to draw.] A picture or representation of a person, and especially of a face, drawn from the life.
In portraits, the grace, and we may add, the likeness, consist more in the general air than in the exact similitude of every feature.

PORTRAIT

,
Verb.
T.
To portray; to draw. [Not used.]

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