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becloak en · VERB

Etymology

From be- + cloak.

Meanings

1. (figuratively, qualifier:literal, transitive) To cover or surround, as with a cloak.
   • " […] Therefore, if the converted won't reconvert, their master, or one so guised, should undertake to play our tune. A touch of truthache essentials, lest sharper drama too soon becloak our stage, and weary our watchers of our play." 2007, Jack Womack, Elvissey:
   • Surely — was the cry — more Staff Officers are wanted who are trained to active service in the field, and not so many medal-hunting gentlemen skilled solely in the accomplishments of correcting visiting lists, becloaking ladies, and writing menu-cards. 1898, The Fortnightly Review, volume 69, page 393:
   • "You might so becloak yourself that no one would know whom you were," suggested Taro. 1916, George Turner Marsh, Ronald Temple, The Lords of Dawn, page 144:

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Deriveds

becloaked