See Also: veil(1)(dictionary)
veil(2)(dictionary)
veil(medicine)
veil 2, verb(dictionary)
veil 1, noun(dictionary)
Jackson's veil(medicine)
veil cell(medicine)
aqueduct veil(medicine)
Sattler's veil(medicine)
Pierce The Veil(law)

veil(2) (iou)



veil verb1. LME.
[from VEIL noun.]
verb trans. Cover (as) with a veil; conceal or hide by means of a veil; envelop or screen as or in the manner of a veil; serve as a veil to. Freq. as VEILED adjective. LME.
W. Cowper His robe..o'er his head Ulysses drew, behind its ample folds Veiling his face. A. Radcliffe The clouds..veiling the sun. M. de la Roche The upper windows were veiled by a coating of frost.
b. verb intrans. Put on or wear a veil. E18.
c. verb refl. Hide, cover, or wreathe oneself or itself in something. Chiefly fig. L18.
A. Brookner The sun..is beginning to veil itself..in greyish mist.
verb trans. Confer the veil of a nun on; admit into the religious life as a nun. arch. LME.
verb trans. fig. Conceal (some immaterial thing, condition, quality, etc.) from full knowledge or perception; treat so as to disguise or obscure; hide the real nature or meaning of. Freq. as VEILED adjective. M16.
M. Edwardes 'Give away' pay awards, thinly..veiled as productivity deals. Guardian I have..veiled my identity behind an initial.
verb trans. Make less distinct or apparent; soften, tone down. rare. M19.
verb intrans. Photography. Become dark or fogged. Now rare. L19.