portray
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With his position, his seat in Parliament, such a country house as Portray Castle, and the income which she would give him, there was nothing that he might not reach!
From The Eustace Diamonds by Trollope, Anthony
And this was the woman, too, who had borrowed her money last week, whom she had entertained for months at Portray, and who had pretended to be her bosom-friend.
From The Eustace Diamonds by Trollope, Anthony
She wrote him a very short but a very gracious answer, thanking him for his solicitude, and explaining to him that her condition made it quite impossible that she should leave Portray.
From The Eustace Diamonds by Trollope, Anthony
But her ladyship had twenty-four hours' start of him,—although he did his best; and when he reached Portray Castle the door was shut in his face.
From Phineas Redux by Trollope, Anthony
AND now with all thy pencil's truth, Portray Bathyllus, lovely youth!
From The Odes of Anacreon by Moore, Thomas
Vocabulary lists containing portray
Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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The SAT: Language of the Test, List 6
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The Language of Standardized Tests, List 4
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