PA'INT, v.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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