α. 1500s emporture.
β. 1500s importure.
† emporturev.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. Probably: to portray, depict. Cf. importurate adj. N.E.D. (1891) notes: ‘Meaning obscure; perhaps misprint for importuned.’
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > representation in art > represent in art [verb (transitive)]
workOE
shapea1375
express1382
marka1393
resemblea1393
portraya1398
devisea1400
makea1400
represent?a1425
counterfeitc1440
to set on write1486
porturea1500
emporturea1529
story1532
portrait1548
show1565
decipher1567
portraiture1581
to set forth1585
emblazea1592
stell1598
defigure1599
infigure1606
effigiate1608
deportract1611
deportray1611
rendera1616
image1624
configure1630
exiconize1641
effigies1652
to take off1680
mimic1770
paraphrase1961
a1529 J. Skelton Phyllyp Sparowe (?1545) sig. D.iii She is playnly expresse Egeria the goddesse And lyke to her image Emportured [?1553 Importured] with corage A louers pylgrimage.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
<
v.a1529