portrays

Verb

portray (third-person singular simple present portrays, present participle portraying, simple past and past participle portrayed)

1. To paint or draw the likeness of.
   • I will portray a king on horseback.
2. (figuratively) To represent by an image or look.
   • Upon his browes was pourtraid vgly death,
     And in his eies the furies of his heart,
     That ſhine as Comets, menacing reueng,
     And caſts a pale complexion on his cheeks.c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...
3. (figuratively) To describe in words; to convey.
4. To play a role; to depict a character, person, situation, or event.
   • For my next movie, I will be portraying Shakespeare.
5. (obsolete) To adorn.