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   Paint (pānt), v. t. [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. ποικίλος many-colored, Skr. piç to adorn.  Cf. Depict, Picture, Pigment, Pint.]
   1. To cover with coloring matter; to apply paint to; as, “to paint a house, a signboard, etc.”
   
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   Jezebel painted her face and tired her head. 2 Kings ix. 30.
   
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   2. Fig.: To color, stain, or tinge; to adorn or beautify with colors; to diversify with colors.
   
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   Not painted with the crimson spots of blood. Shak.
   
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   Cuckoo buds of yellow hue
   
   Do paint the meadows with delight. Shak.
   
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   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”.
   
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   4. Fig.: To represent or exhibit to the mind; to describe vividly; to delineate; to image; to depict; as, “to paint a political opponent as a traitor”.
   
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   Disloyal?
   
   The word is too good to paint out her wickedness. Shak.
   
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   If folly grow romantic, I must paint it. Pope.
   
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   Syn. -- To color; picture; depict; portray; delineate; sketch; draw; describe.
   
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   Painted, a.
   1. Covered or adorned with paint; portrayed in colors.
   
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   As idle as a painted ship
   
   Upon a painted ocean. Coleridge.
   
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   2. (Nat. Hist.) Marked with bright colors; as, “the painted turtle; painted bunting.”
   
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   Painted beauty (Zool.), a handsome American butterfly (Vanessa Huntera), having a variety of bright colors, -- Painted cup (Bot.), any plant of an American genus of herbs (Castilleia) in which the bracts are usually bright-colored and more showy than the flowers.  Castilleia coccinea has brilliantly scarlet bracts, and is common in meadows. -- Painted finch. See Nonpareil. -- Painted lady (Zool.), a bright-colored butterfly. See Thistle butterfly. -- Painted turtle (Zool.), a common American freshwater tortoise (Chrysemys picta), having bright red and yellow markings beneath.
   
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