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

overutilizations
overutilize
overutilized
overutilizer
overutilizers
overutilizes
overutilizing
overvaliant
overvaluation
overvaluations
overvalue
overvalued
overvalued idea
overvalues
overvaluing
overveil (current term)
overveiled
overveiling
overveils
overventilated
overventilation
oververbose
overview
overviewed
overviewing
overviews
overviolent
overvivid
overvoltage
overvoltages

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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