n. [ F. portraiture. ]
For, by the image of my cause, I see
The portraiture of his. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Divinity maketh the love of ourselves the pattern; the love of our neighbors but the portraiture. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To represent by a portrait, or as by a portrait; to portray. [ R. ] Shaftesbury. [ 1913 Webster ]