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单词 over-veil
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over-veilv.

Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈveɪl/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈveɪl/
Forms: see over- prefix and veil v.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, veil v.
Etymology: < over- prefix + veil v.
Chiefly poetic. Now rare.
transitive. To cover, shroud, or obscure with or as with a veil.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > cover [verb (transitive)] > cover and conceal > act as concealing cover for
veila1398
inveil1592
over-veil1606
1606 W. Birnie Blame of Kirk-buriall vi. sig. C1 That natures obscenities be decently couered and oueruailed with her mothers mouldes.
1650 J. Reynolds Flower of Fidelitie 69 He might forthwith espy her mournfully sitting on her Bed of misery, having her face overvailed with a sable skarfe.
1687 Cynthia 99 I cannot safely say, whether it was in Deceit, the better to over-veil and put a Mask on my Villany.
1729 J. Harvey Life R. Bruce i. 54 Secret, she weeps the luckless Father dead, The Scene o'erveiling with a silent Shade.
1800 C. Smith Elegiac Sonnets II. xcii. 33 Gathering clouds o'erveil the morning sun.
a1849 J. C. Mangan Poems (1859) 354 The thin wan moon, half over-veiled By clouds.
1873 Catholic World Aug. 660/2 They showed like jagged rocks that had been deceitfully overveiled by sunlighted spray.
1998 Corporate Counsellor (Nexis) Feb. 1 Over-veiling a threat of infringement may cause the accused infringer to believe that the patent holder lacks confidence in its patent.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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