travest

verb /ˈtræv.ɪst/

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

   transitive, uncommon

   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.

Where it comes from

From French travestir, from Italian travestire.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry travest (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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