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travesting

travesting is the present participle and gerund of travest.

Meaning of travest

Verb

travest (third-person singular simple present travests, present participle travesting, simple past and past participle travested)

  1. (formal, transitive, uncommon) To travesty; to disguise; to parody; to demean.
    • I have not much endeavour'd to make any diſcoveries of it, and it is a hard matter to give any account thereof, without ſome hazard of traveſting Hiſtory into Romance.1678, Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, “Of the Womens Appartment. The Principal Heads” (chapter XVII), in J. P., transl., The Six Voyages of John Baptiſta Tavernier, London, page 89

Questions about travesting

What is travesting the present participle and gerund of?
Travesting is the present participle and gerund of travest.

Words near travesting in the dictionary

  1. travestier
  2. travestiers
  3. travesties
  4. travestiment
  5. travestiments
  6. travesting
  7. travests
  8. travesty
  9. travestying
  10. Travetti
  11. Travia

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