Definition of veil

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Veil (n.) A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense.

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Veil :: Veil (n.) To throw a veil over; to cover with a veil.
Veil :: Veil (n.) Fig.: To invest; to cover; to hide; to conceal.
Surveillants :: Surveillance (n.) Oversight; watch; inspection; supervision.
Reveille :: Reveille (n.) The beat of drum, or bugle blast, about break of day, to give notice that it is time for the soldiers to rise, and for the sentinels to forbear challenging..
Veiled :: Veiled (a.) Covered by, or as by, a veil; hidden..
Pretend :: Pretend (v. t.) To hold before, or put forward, as a cloak or disguise for something else; to exhibit as a veil for something hidden..
Veiled :: Veiled (imp. & p. p.) of Vei.
Unveil :: Unveil (v. i.) To remove a veil; to reveal one's self.
Velate :: Velate (a.) Having a veil; veiled.
Veiling :: Veiling (n.) A veil; a thin covering; also, material for making veils..
Veil :: Veil (n.) Something hung up, or spread out, to intercept the view, and hide an object; a cover; a curtain; esp., a screen, usually of gauze, crape, or similar diaphnous material, to hide or protect the face..
Beat :: Beat (v. t.) To give the signal for, by beat of drum; to sound by beat of drum; as, to beat an alarm, a charge, a parley, a retreat; to beat the general, the reveille, the tattoo. See Alarm, Charge, Parley, etc..
Unvail :: Unvail (v. t. & i.) See Unveil.
Barege :: Barege (n.) A gauzelike fabric for ladies' dresses, veils, etc. of worsted, silk and worsted, or cotton and worsted..
Undrape :: Undrape (v. t.) To strip of drapery; to uncover or unveil.
Cover :: Cover (n.) Anything which veils or conceals; a screen; disguise; a cloak.
Calyptra :: Calyptra (n.) A little hood or veil, resembling an extinguisher in form and position, covering each of the small flasklike capsules which contain the spores of mosses; also, any similar covering body..
Tulle :: Tulle (n.) A kind of silk lace or light netting, used for veils, etc..
Illusion :: Illusion (n.) A plain, delicate lace, usually of silk, used for veils, scarfs, dresses, etc..
Unveil :: Unveil (v. t.) To remove a veil from; to divest of a veil; to uncover; to disclose to view; to reveal; as, she unveiled her face..
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