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Word: portray (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1873-1873
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Usage:

...might the painter's skill portray...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE SCHOOLMISTRESS. | 3/21/1873 | See Source »

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Normalized population density for word "portray" throughout decades:

1870s : 0.6266
1880s : 0.1263
1890s : 0.0905
1900s : 0.0824
1910s : 0.2917
1920s : 0.5497
1930s : 0.5111
1940s : 0.4856
1950s : 0.6217
1960s : 0.8192
1970s : 1.3383
1980s : 1.5931
1990s : 1.5765
2000s : 1.2078
2010s : 1.5519