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obvelare

obvelare [LL] 1 to cover with a veil; b (fig.). tabernaculum ‥ velis cilicinis desuper ~atur Bede Acts 943; ~atam fatiem pusioli cum retexisset ‥ anima privatum advertit W. Malm. GP III 100 p. 217.  b 1318 notabiles inobediencias ‥ palliare moliens ‥ ac volens suas ‥ inobediencias ‥ ~are Conc. II 477b. 2 to cover, envelop; b (fig.). ~are, tegere, cooperiri, amiciri Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 402; velo componitur ~o, -as, i. tegere Ib. 615.  b s1147 gloriam generis nostri accumulare potius quam infamatam malitie pannisculis ~are Osb. Bawdsey clviii; venit [sc. demon] ‥ ut malicie sue macula virginis animum ~aret V. Chris. Marky. 53.

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