How to understand this sentence? Help ME PLX!!
Original:
To represent sth is to describe or depict it , to call it up in the mind by description or portrayal or imagination; to place a likeness of it before us in our mind or in the senses; as , for example , in this sentense "This picture represents the murder of Abel by Cain."

If I del the the first comma between "it" and "to" ,
the sentence will be "To represent sth is to describe or depict it to call it up in the mind by description or portrayal or imagination."

Is the meaning of the sentence changed?

Can I realize the term "represent" by dividivng into 3 parts of this sentence?
To represent sth is
1. to descride or depict it
2. to call it up in the mind by description or portrayal or imagination
3. to place a likeness of it before us in our mind or in the senses
"represent sth" not just "represent'

Question

How to understand this sentence? Help ME PLX!!
Original:
To represent sth is to describe or depict it , to call it up in the mind by description or portrayal or imagination; to place a likeness of it before us in our mind or in the senses; as , for example , in this sentense "This picture represents the murder of Abel by Cain."

If I del the the first comma between "it" and "to" , 
the sentence will be "To represent sth is to describe or depict it to call it up in the mind by description or portrayal or imagination."

Is the meaning of the sentence changed?

Can I realize the term "represent" by dividivng into 3 parts of this sentence?
  To represent sth is
1. to descride or depict it
2. to call it up in the mind by description or portrayal or imagination
3. to place a likeness of it before us in our mind or in the senses
"represent sth" not just "represent'

Answer

If you remove the comma, you would be saying that the reason you are depicting it is to call up in the mind a description, etc.  That is not what the sentence is saying.  The phrase after the comma describes one of the things you might be doing when your 'represent' something - it is part of a list of phrases related to the meaning of the word 'represent'.  For this reason, you need the comma.

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