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† travested, pa. pple. Obs.
[An earlier formation than travestied pa. pple. of travesty v.; prob. intended as the repr. of It. travestito, F. travesti, on analogy of vested, invested, etc.]
Disguised; travestied.
1656Blount Glossogr., Travested, disguised or shifted in apparel; And metaphorically it may be applyed to any thing that is translated out of one language into another. 1687Montague & Prior Hind & P. Transv. Pref. A iij, Homer has been Burlesque'd, and Virgil Travested without suffering any thing in their Reputation from that Buffoonry. 1725Bentley Rem. Collins' Disc. Freethink. liv. iii. 12, I see poor Lucan Travested, not apparel'd in his Roman Toga, but under the cruel Sheers of an English Tailor. 1752Warburton Serm. Ps. cxliv. 3 Wks. 1788 V. 30 To make God..the..inspector into human actions, is..returning him to the people, travested to the mortal size of local godship. |