PORTRAIT
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Por"trait (?), n. [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.
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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.
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&hand_; The meaning of the word is sometimes extended so as to include a photographic likeness.
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2. Hence, any graphic or vivid delineation or description of a person; as, a portrait in words.
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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.
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Por"trait, v. t. To portray; to draw. [Obs.] Spenser.
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