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.
Shak.
Cuckoo buds of yellow hue Do paint the meadows with delight.
Shak.
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.
Disloyal? The word is too good to paint out her wickedness.
Shak.
If folly grow romantic, I must paint it.
Pope.
Syn. -- To color; picture; depict; portray; delineate; sketch; draw;
describe.
Paint, v. t. 1. To practice the art of painting; as, the artist paints
well.