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inveil

inveil verb: to cover with a veil.

Verb

inveil (third-person singular simple present inveils, present participle inveiling, simple past and past participle inveiled)

  1. (transitive) To cover with a veil.

Forms of inveil

third-person singular presentinveils
present participleinveiling
past participleinveiled
pastinveiled
alternative formenveil

Origin of inveil

From in- + veil.

Questions about inveil

What does inveil mean?
Inveil means to cover with a veil.
What part of speech is inveil?
Inveil is a verb.
What is the past tense of inveil?
The past tense of inveil is inveiled.

Words near inveil in the dictionary

  1. inveiglements
  2. inveigler
  3. inveiglers
  4. inveigles
  5. inveigling
  6. inveil
  7. inveiled
  8. inveiling
  9. inveils
  10. invendible
  11. invenom

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