Baretti: A dictionary of the English and Italian languages
Velá-re, v. a.
1. to veil, to cover with a veil; 2. to cover, to hide. Le nubi velano il cielo, the clouds cover the sky; 3. to veil, to cloak, to hide, to cover, to conceal. — l'occhio, to fall asleep. Oltre alla mezza notte io velai un pochetto l'occhio, after midnight I fell into a light sleep; 4. (pict. t.) to tinge or tint a drawing;v. n. 1. to disappear; 2. to begin to freeze; v. r. to take the veil, become a nun;s. m. Velá-tóre, f. Velá-tríce; adj. Velá-nte.
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velare: to saile, to hoyse vp sailes and saile forth. Also to vaile, to shadow, to couer with Laune or Cipresse. Also to curte in or hide in. Also to obscure.