Both Uses of
depict
in
Running in the Family
- At the edge of the maps the scrolled mantling depicts ferocious slipper-footed elephants, a white queen offering a necklace to natives who carry tusks and a conch, a Moorish king who stands amidst the power of books and armour.†
p. 63.8 *depicts = shows or represents
- Years later, looking into a biology textbook, I came across a whole page depicting the small bones in the body and recognised, delighted, the shapes and forms of the first alphabet I ever copied from Kumarodaya's first grade reader.†
p. 83.7depicting = showing or representing
Definition:
to portray (show or represent) something -- usually with a picture or words