† inˈveil, v. Obs.
Also 6–7 -vail, -vayl.
[f. in-1 or in-2 + veil v.: cf. enveil.]
trans. To cover or shroud with or as with a veil; to enveil.
| 1592 Daniel Delia xl, Think the same becomes thy fading best, Which then shall most inuaile, and shadow most. 1613–16 W. Browne Brit. Past. i. v, Invailed with a sable weed she sate. 1625 Jackson Creed v. l. §4 [tr. Seneca] Thy heart is not invailed; thou art free from avarice. a 1763 ? Shenstone in Dodsley Descr. Leasowes ¶41 And while the sight inveils a part Let fancy paint the rest. |