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Definition of Overveil
1. v. t. To veil or cover.
Definition of Overveil
1. Verb. (transitive) To veil or cover. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Overveil
1. to veil over [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overveil
Literary usage of Overveil
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Macbeth by William Shakespeare, Horace Howard Furness (1873)
"VI: II, ii, 2, ' night—Whose pitchy mantle overveil'd,' &c. BROWN (p. 178).
[After ridiculing Dr. Johnson's condemnation in this passage of such words as ..."
2. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"See PRETENSE, GLOSS, CURTAIN, COVER, DISGUISE. »ell, vt 1. en veil (rare), shroud,
overveil (rare). 2. See COVER, DISGUISE, CLOZE. rein, n. 1. vena (tech. ..."
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