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Definition of veil verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

veil

verb
 
/veɪl/
 
/veɪl/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they veil
 
/veɪl/
 
/veɪl/
he / she / it veils
 
/veɪlz/
 
/veɪlz/
past simple veiled
 
/veɪld/
 
/veɪld/
past participle veiled
 
/veɪld/
 
/veɪld/
-ing form veiling
 
/ˈveɪlɪŋ/
 
/ˈveɪlɪŋ/
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  1. veil something/yourself to cover your face with a veil
  2. veil something (literary) to cover something with something that hides it partly or completely synonym shroud
    • A fine drizzle began to veil the hills.
  3. Word OriginMiddle English: from Anglo-Norman French veil(e), from Latin vela, plural of velum ‘sail, curtain, covering, veil’.
See veil in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

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