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   Paint , 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.]
    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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   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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   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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   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.
   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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   (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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