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English Dictionary: travesting by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Travesty \Trav"es*ty\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Travestied}; p. pr.
      & vb. n. {Travesting}.]
      To translate, imitate, or represent, so as to render
      ridiculous or ludicrous.
  
               I see poor Lucan travestied, not appareled in his Roman
               toga, but under the cruel shears of an English tailor.
                                                                              --Bentley.
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