n. [ F. portraiture. ] 1. A portrait; a likeness; a painted resemblance; hence, that which is copied from some example or model. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

2. Pictures, collectively; painting. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The art or practice of making portraits. Walpole. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To represent by a portrait, or as by a portrait; to portray. [ R. ] Shaftesbury. [ 1913 Webster ]