Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to portrait
Participle: portraited
Gerund: portraiting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | portrait |
| you | portrait |
| he;she;it | portraits |
| we | portrait |
| you | portrait |
| they | portrait |
Perfect
| I | have portraited |
| you | have portraited |
| he;she;it | has portraited |
| we | have portraited |
| you | have portraited |
| they | have portraited |
Past
| I | portraited |
| you | portraited |
| he;she;it | portraited |
| we | portraited |
| you | portraited |
| they | portraited |
Pluperfect
| I | had portraited |
| you | had portraited |
| he;she;it | had portraited |
| we | had portraited |
| you | had portraited |
| they | had portraited |
Future
| I | will portrait |
| you | will portrait |
| he;she;it | will portrait |
| we | will portrait |
| you | will portrait |
| they | will portrait |
Future Perfect
| I | will have portraited |
| you | will have portraited |
| he;she;it | will have portraited |
| we | will have portraited |
| you | will have portraited |
| they | will have portraited |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | portrait |
| you | portrait |
| he;she;it | portrait |
| we | portrait |
| you | portrait |
| they | portrait |
Perfect
| I | have portraited |
| you | have portraited |
| he;she;it | have portraited |
| we | have portraited |
| you | have portraited |
| they | have portraited |
Imperfect
| I | portraited |
| you | portraited |
| he;she;it | portraited |
| we | portraited |
| you | portraited |
| they | portraited |
Pluperfect
| I | had portraited |
| you | had portraited |
| he;she;it | had portraited |
| we | had portraited |
| you | had portraited |
| they | had portraited |
Conditional
Present
| I | would portrait |
| you | would portrait |
| he;she;it | would portrait |
| we | would portrait |
| you | would portrait |
| they | would portrait |
Perfect
| I | would have portraited |
| you | would have portraited |
| he;she;it | would have portraited |
| we | would have portraited |
| you | would have portraited |
| they | would have portraited |
Imperative
| you | portrait |
| we | Let's portrait |
| you | portrait |
Verbs conjugated like 'portrait'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'portrait'
portray,
contract,
contrast,
outrant,
outwait,
pertain,
porrect,
portage,
portraiture,
postedit,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1375 (in
portreyture), from M.Fr.
portrait, from O.Fr.
portret (13c.), noun use of pp. of
portraire "to paint, depict" (see portray).
2. From Middle French portraict, pourtraict, nominal use of the past participle of portraire (“portray”), from Latin prōtrahō (< prō- + trahō).
3. Compare typologically English drawing. See: Latin '
prōtrahō'.
Sample Sentences
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But all as in most exquisite pictures, they vse to blaze and portrait, not only the daintie lineaments or beautie, but also round about it to shadowe the rude thickets and craggy clifts [1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], →OCLC:]
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Methinkes yᵉ picture of Sᵗ George fighting with yᵉ Dragon hath some resemblance of Sᵗ Michael fighting with the Devil, who is pourtrated like a Dragon. [1687, John Aubrey, Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme, page 69:]