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portraiting

portraiting is the present participle and gerund of portrait.

Meaning of portrait

Verb

portrait (third-person singular simple present portraits, present participle portraiting, simple past and past participle portraited)

  1. (obsolete) To portray; to draw.
    • 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 clifts1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], →OCLC

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Questions about portraiting

What is portraiting the present participle and gerund of?
Portraiting is the present participle and gerund of portrait.

Words near portraiting in the dictionary

  1. portrait
  2. portrait painting
  3. portrait paintings
  4. portraited
  5. Portraitgate
  6. portraiting
  7. portraitist
  8. portraitists
  9. portraitlike
  10. portraitor
  11. portraitors

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