Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Picture (-s)
picture (-s), n. [L. pictūra, painting.] (webplay: beauty, clearly, drawing, eye, face, friend, other, paint, poet, power).
- Painting; portrait; drawing; artistic representation.
- Scene; view; landscape; visual image.
- Idea; thought; abstraction; mental image; figurative concept.
- Masterpiece; superb work of art; masterful representation of beauty.
- Likeness; countenance; image; face.
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