DEPAINT

Etymology

Verb

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

(archaic) To depict

Synonyms: paint, portray, delineate

(archaic) To depict in words; to describe graphically.

(archaic) To colour; to decorate with colours.

(archaic) To stain; to distain.

(transitive) To remove paint from.

Anagrams

• antidep, inadept, painted, pantied, patined, tenidap

Source: Wiktionary


De*paint", p. p. Etym: [F. dépeint, p. p. of dépeindre to paint, fr. L. depingere. See Depict, p. p.]

Definition: Painted. [Obs.] Chaucer.

De*paint", v. 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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