Meaning of travest | Babel Free

Definitions

To travesty; to disguise; to parody; to demean.

formal, transitive, uncommon

Examples

“I have⟳ not much endeavour'd to make⟳ any diſcoveries of it, and it is a hard matter⟳ to give⟳ any account thereof, without ſome hazard of traveſting Hiſtory into Romance.”

“I grant that wit requires comparison and a contrast, be it incongruity, or even absurdity; in mean⟳, burlesque or dignified objects ; be it in travesting, exaggerating or diminishing reality ; but I see⟳ no proof that these mental operations result⟳ from the faculty in question⟳ alone, and therefore from an intellectual faculty.”

“I have⟳ next shown you the Greeks, and " the wisdom" of their philosophy, often travesting, sometimes tarnishing the Christian religion : […]”

“In the first place⟳ we shall often be discussing facts which have⟳ been so travested by propaganda that your knowledge of them is bound to be imperfect.”

“The truth is that the child is not ‘like⟳ a boy,’ and that if you put⟳ him into a coat and waistcoat forthwith, he only would look⟳ like⟳ a small angel travested.”

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