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  • 111shroud — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. winding sheet, grave clothes; pall; screen, cloak, veil. See interment, concealment. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. winding sheet, covering, graveclothes, cerements, cerecloth, pall; see also cloth , cover 1 …

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  • 112tuck — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. fold, pleat, lap. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. crease, folding, pleat; see fold 1 , 2 , plait . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) I n. fold, pleat, crease, gather, pucker. II v. 1. fold or stick enfold,… …

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  • 113veil — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. net, mesh, curtain, screen, cloak, cover; film, haze, cloudiness. v. t. conceal, becloud, disguise, shield, cover, shroud. See concealment, clothing. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A thin fabric] Syn. scarf,… …

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  • 114clothe — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. dress, attire, dress up, costume, outfit, robe, put garments on, apparel, array, muffle up, bundle up, don, wrap, cloak, gown, caParison, mantle, jacket, accouter, vest, invest, garb, deck, bedeck, deck out, drape, equip,… …

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  • 115enshroud — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. cover, conceal, wrap; see hide 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. shroud, cover, veil, conceal, cloak, mask. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To surround and cover completely so as to obscure: cloak, clothe, enfold,… …

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  • 116swathe — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. drape, bandage, bind; see clothe , wrap 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. wrap, bind, swaddle, bundle up, dress, bandage. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To cover completely and closely, as with clothing or bandages:… …

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  • 117wrap up — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. finish, bring to an end or a conclusion, polish off*; see complete 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb 1. To cover completely and closely, as with clothing or bandages: enfold, envelop, enwrap, infold, invest, roll,… …

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  • 118Investment — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Investment >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 investment investment Sgm: N 1 covering covering &c. 223 Sgm: N 1 dress dress clothing raiment drapery costume attire guise toilet …

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  • 119imply — (v.) late 14c., to enfold, enwrap, entangle (the classical Latin sense), from O.Fr. emplier, from L. implicare involve (see IMPLICATE (Cf. implicate)). Meaning to involve something unstated as a logical consequence first recorded c.1400; that of… …

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  • 120envelop — en·vel·op || ɪn velÉ™p v. enwrap, enfold, encase, enclose …

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