depaint

verb — 5 senses

depaint

verb

Etymology From de- + paint.

1

Archaic To depict.

  • on his shield depainted he did see: Such homage till that instant never learned hee1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
2

Archaic To depict in words; to describe graphically.

3

Archaic To colour; to decorate with colours.

4

Archaic To stain; to distain.

5

To remove paint from.

  • aircraft depainting technology
Antonyms
paint
Derived terms
depainter

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