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Veil

Veil Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Veil? [n] a garment that covers the head and face [n] a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl [n] the inner embryonic membrane of higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth) [v] to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil; "a conspiracy of silence veiling it" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Veil: caul \| embryonic membrane \| head covering \| humeral veil Related Terms \| Find terms related to Veil: See Also \| chadar \| chaddar \| chador \| chuddar \| conceal \| cover \| fetal membrane \| garment \| hide \| placenta \| vestment \| yashmac \| yashmak Veil In Webster's Dictionary \Veil\ (v[=a]l), n. [OE. veile, OF. veile, F. voile, L. velum a sail, covering, curtain, veil, probably fr. vehere to bear, carry, and thus originally, that which bears the ship on. See {Vehicle}, and cf. {Reveal}.] [Written also {vail}.] 1. 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. The veil of the temple was rent in twain. --Matt. xxvii. 51. She, as a veil down to the slender waist, Her unadorn['e]d golden tresses wore. --Milton. 2. A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense. [I will] pluck the borrowed veil of modesty from the so seeming Mistress Page. --Shak. 3. (Bot.) (a) The calyptra of mosses. (b) A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; -- called also {velum}. 4. (Eccl.) A covering for a person or thing; as, a nun's veil; a paten veil; an altar veil. 5. (Zo["o]l.) Same as {Velum}, 3. {To take the veil} (Eccl.), to receive or be covered with, a veil, as a nun, in token of retirement from the world; to become a nun. \Veil\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Veiled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Veiling}.] [Cf. OF. veler, F. voiler, L. velarc. See {Veil}, n.] [Written also {vail}.] 1. To throw a veil over; to cover with a veil. Her face was veiled; yet to my fancied sight, Love, sweetness, goodness, in her person shined. --Milton. 2. Fig.: To invest; to cover; to hide; to conceal. To keep your great pretenses veiled. --Shak.

Veil Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Veil?

[n] a garment that covers the head and face
[n] a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl
[n] the inner embryonic membrane of higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth)
[v] to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil; "a conspiracy of silence veiling it"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Veil: caul | embryonic membrane | head covering | humeral veil

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Veil In Webster's Dictionary

\Veil\ (v[=a]l), n. [OE. veile, OF. veile, F. voile, L.
velum a sail, covering, curtain, veil, probably fr. vehere to
bear, carry, and thus originally, that which bears the ship
on. See {Vehicle}, and cf. {Reveal}.] [Written also {vail}.]
1. 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.

         The veil of the temple was rent in twain. --Matt.
                                               xxvii. 51.

         She, as a veil down to the slender waist, Her
         unadorn['e]d golden tresses wore.     --Milton.

2. A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense.

         [I will] pluck the borrowed veil of modesty from the
         so seeming Mistress Page.             --Shak.

3. (Bot.)
   (a) The calyptra of mosses.
   (b) A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a
       mushroom with the stalk; -- called also {velum}.

4. (Eccl.) A covering for a person or thing; as, a nun's
   veil; a paten veil; an altar veil.

5. (Zo["o]l.) Same as {Velum}, 3.

{To take the veil} (Eccl.), to receive or be covered with, a
   veil, as a nun, in token of retirement from the world; to
   become a nun.


\Veil\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Veiled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Veiling}.] [Cf. OF. veler, F. voiler, L. velarc. See {Veil},
n.] [Written also {vail}.]
1. To throw a veil over; to cover with a veil.

         Her face was veiled; yet to my fancied sight, Love,
         sweetness, goodness, in her person shined. --Milton.

2. Fig.: To invest; to cover; to hide; to conceal.

         To keep your great pretenses veiled.  --Shak.

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