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Webster 1913 Edition

Paint

Paint

(pānt)
,
Verb.
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.
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.
Shakespeare
Cuckoo buds of yellow hue
Do
paint
the meadows with delight.
Shakespeare
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;
as, to
paint
a political opponent as a traitor
.
Disloyal?
The word is too good to
paint
out her wickedness.
Shakespeare
If folly grow romantic, I must
paint
it.
Pope.
Syn. – To color; picture; depict; portray; delineate; sketch; draw; describe.

Paint

,
Verb.
T.
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.
Shakespeare

Paint

,
Noun.
1.
(a)
A pigment or coloring substance.
(b)
The same prepared with a vehicle, as oil, water with gum, or the like, for application to a surface.
2.
A cosmetic; rouge.
Praed.

Webster 1828 Edition

Paint

PA'INT

,
Verb.
T.
[L. pingo,pictus.]
1.
To form a figure or likeness in colors; as, to paint a hero or a landscape.
2.
To cover or besmear with color or colors, either with or without figures; as, to paint a cloth; to paint a house.
3.
To represent by colors or images; to exhibit in form.
When folly romantic, we must paint it.
4.
To represent or exhibit to the mind; to present in form or likeness to the intellectual view; to describe.
Disloyal!
--The word is too good to paint out her wickedness.
5.
To color; to diversify with colors.
6.
To lay on artificial color for ornament.
Jezebel painted her face and tired her head. 2 Kings.9.

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