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noun 
  1. the act of portraying
  2. the result of portraying; a representation, description, or portrait
    • 1866, Charlotte Yonge, The Dove in the Eagle's Nest
    • : He had already designed the of his father as the old white king, and himself as the young white king, in a series of woodcuts illustrating the narrative which culminated in the one romance of his life, ...
    • 1909, Arnold Bennett, Literary Taste
    • : For days afterwards you will not be able to look upon a child without recalling Lamb's of the grace of childhood.
Translations: 
  • German: Abbild
Etymology: portray + -al


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