How to pronounce“veil”in English
ray, and find no dawn; So thick a drop serene hath quench'd their Orbs, Or dim suffusion
veil'd. Like so many of the lines in this invocation, these lines are violently crammed with an almost unbearable pathos.
"Thee I revisit safe" -- but thou revisit'st not these eyes: it's impossible to read these lines and not feel that Milton
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Definitions of “veil”
Something hung up or spread out to hide or protect the face, or hide an object from view; usually of gauze, crepe, or similar diaphanous material.
“The veil of the temple was rent in twain.”
Anything that partially obscures a clear view.
“Above the smoky veil over the town rose Akerhus fort, with its towers standing out in sharp relief against the mirror of the fjord, beyond where the Nœs point loomed as a black shadow.”
To dress in, or decorate with, a veil.
“Bedouin women veil their faces more strictly than city dwellers but enjoy greater freedom of dress and movement.”
To conceal as with a veil.
“The forest fire was veiled by smoke, but I could hear it clearly.”
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