单词 | travesteere |
释义 | † travesteerev. Obsolete. rare. transitive. To ridicule or debase (a work, argument, etc.). Cf. travesty v. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > misrepresentation > misrepresent [verb (transitive)] > by caricature travesty1667 travesteere1672 caricature1749 parody1801 1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i. 44 Who by a perverse Wit and Representation might travesteere the Scripture. 1675 V. Alsop Anti-Sozzo iii. 132 They who first taught this..Age to Travesteere serious matters. 1718 Scourge Scourged 5 By perverse Wits and Representations, he might not only traversteer [sic] the Scripture, but undermine the Government. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < v.1672 |
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