verb

• (transitive, archaic) To make a picture or representation of.
  "The bed appointed for the prince to rest himselfe, was of blacke Ebonie enchased which Rubies, Diamons and Carbun[c]ls […] on which by degrees mans state from infancie to his olde age was plainly depictured,"
• (transitive, archaic) To represent in words.
  "The modern Fiction which depictures the son of Cytherea [i.e. Eros] with a bandage round his eyes, is not without a spiritual meaning. There is a sweet and holy Blindness in Christian LOVE […]"
• (transitive, archaic) To give visual evidence of (referring to a person's facial expression or appearance)
  "[…] he entered the church with a proud firm step, and with a countenance which depictured his inward triumph;"
• (transitive, archaic) To form a mental image of.
  "[…] I would depicture her, a foiled and wistful little wraith, very lonely in eternity […]"

noun

• (archaic) The act or result of depicturing something or someone.
  "The conception of a misdeed operating through several generations […] was a novel one at the time; this graphic depicture of the past at work upon the present has anticipated a great deal of the history and criticism of the following twenty-five years […]"