veil
noun
a piece of opaque or transparent material worn over the face for concealment, for protection from the elements, or to enhance the appearance.
have veiled
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present perfectof veil.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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It behoveth Thee not to be acquainted with that which We have veiled from Thee.
From God Passes By by Shoghi Effendi
Surely it would have been better from every point of view to have veiled it in absolute secrecy.
From The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton Volume II by W. H. Wilkins
Beatrice asked, with a change in her voice, from anxious interest which would have veiled itself, to the tone of one discharging a formal politeness.
From A Life's Morning by George Gissing
In the beauty of the twilight, in the Garden that He loveth, They have veiled His lovely vesture with the darkness of a name!
From The Home Book of Verse — Volume 3 by Burton Egbert Stevenson
But on the Neo-Platonic hypothesis that Orpheus was a seer of Neo-Platonic opinions, we do not see why he should have veiled his ideas under so savage an allegory.
From Myth, Ritual and Religion — Volume 1 by Andrew Lang
