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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary: Library in Itself

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Paint

Paint (paint)
v. t.(p&amacr]nt)
Paint
[imp. *** p. p. Painted] p. pr. *** vb. n. Painting.] [OE. peinten, fr. F. peint, p. p. of peindre to paint, fr. L. pingere, pictum] cf. Gr. poiki`los
  1. To cover with coloring matter; to apply paint to; as, to paint a house, a signboard, etc.

    Jezebel painted her face and tired her head. 2 Kings ix. 30.

  2. Fig.: To color, stain, or tinge; to adorn or beautify with colors; to diversify with colors.

    Not painted with the crimson spots of blood. Shak.

    Cuckoo buds of yellow hue
    Do paint the meadows with delight.
    Shak.

  3. To form in colors a figure or likeness of on a flat surface, as upon canvas; to represent by means of colors or hues; to exhibit in a tinted image; to portray with paints; as, to paint a portrait or a landscape.
  4. Fig.: To represent or exhibit to the mind; to describe vividly; to delineate; to image; to depict.

    Disloyal?
    The word is too good to paint out her wickedness.
    Shak.

    If folly grow romantic, I must paint it. Pope.

    Syn. -- To color; picture; depict; portray; delineate; sketch; draw; describe.


Paint

Paint (paint)
v. t.
Paint
  1. To practice the art of painting; as, the artist paints well.
  2. To color one's face by way of beautifying it.

    Let her paint an inch thick. Shak.


Paint

Paint (paint)
n.
Paint
  1. A pigment or coloring substance.
    (b)
  2. A cosmetic; rouge.
    Praed.













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