† transˈvest, v. Obs. rare.
[f. trans- 1 or 2 + L. vestīre to clothe, or Eng. vest v.]
trans. To clothe in other garments, e.g. those of the opposite sex; to disguise. Cf. travesty.
| 1652 J. Wright tr. Camus' Nat. Paradox ii. 42 How often did shee please her fancy with the imagination of transvesting herself, and by the help of a Man's disguise deceiving the eyes of those that watched her deportments? 1654 tr. Martini's Conq. China 199 No Man but some horrid wild Beast, or rather..some Devill transvested in our humane Nature. |