enveilv.
/ɛnˈveɪl/ transitive. To cover with a veil, place a veil upon (e.g. a woman when received into a religious order). Also transferred and figurative to shroud as with a veil.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > cover [verb (transitive)] > as with garment > specific
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society > faith > worship > sacrament > order > monastic profession > [verb (transitive)] > admit to > as nun
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1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions Pref. 16 Hauyng thus with his subtilties enueiled our mindes.
1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions ii. xii. 268 The Bisshoppe was giuen authoritie to enueile virgines, and to hallow them.
1837 Foreign Q. Rev. XIX. 305 Kerner again has taken up the whole black mantle of Novalis, and enveiled himself with it.
1850 J. S. Blackie tr. Æschylus Lyrical Dramas II. 170 When dark night enveils the welkin.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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