Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to travest
Participle: travested
Gerund: travesting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | travest |
| you | travest |
| he;she;it | travests |
| we | travest |
| you | travest |
| they | travest |
Perfect
| I | have travested |
| you | have travested |
| he;she;it | has travested |
| we | have travested |
| you | have travested |
| they | have travested |
Past
| I | travested |
| you | travested |
| he;she;it | travested |
| we | travested |
| you | travested |
| they | travested |
Pluperfect
| I | had travested |
| you | had travested |
| he;she;it | had travested |
| we | had travested |
| you | had travested |
| they | had travested |
Future
| I | will travest |
| you | will travest |
| he;she;it | will travest |
| we | will travest |
| you | will travest |
| they | will travest |
Future Perfect
| I | will have travested |
| you | will have travested |
| he;she;it | will have travested |
| we | will have travested |
| you | will have travested |
| they | will have travested |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | travest |
| you | travest |
| he;she;it | travest |
| we | travest |
| you | travest |
| they | travest |
Perfect
| I | have travested |
| you | have travested |
| he;she;it | have travested |
| we | have travested |
| you | have travested |
| they | have travested |
Imperfect
| I | travested |
| you | travested |
| he;she;it | travested |
| we | travested |
| you | travested |
| they | travested |
Pluperfect
| I | had travested |
| you | had travested |
| he;she;it | had travested |
| we | had travested |
| you | had travested |
| they | had travested |
Conditional
Present
| I | would travest |
| you | would travest |
| he;she;it | would travest |
| we | would travest |
| you | would travest |
| they | would travest |
Perfect
| I | would have travested |
| you | would have travested |
| he;she;it | would have travested |
| we | would have travested |
| you | would have travested |
| they | would have travested |
Imperative
| you | travest |
| we | Let's travest |
| you | travest |
Verbs conjugated like 'travest'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'travest'
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From French travestir, from Italian travestire. See: French '
travestir', Italian '
travestire'.
Sample Sentences
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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. [1678, Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, “Of the Womens Appartment. The Principal Heads” (chapter XVII), in J. P., transl., The Six Voyages of John Baptiſta Tavernier, London, page 89:]
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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. [1832, Johann Spurzheim, “Organ of Mirthfulness” (chapter XX), in Phrenology, or, The Doctrine of the Mental Phenomena, volume I, Boston: Marsh, Capen & Lyon, page 254:]
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I have next shown you the Greeks, and " the wisdom" of their philosophy, often travesting, sometimes tarnishing the Christian religion : […] [1839, Alexander Kinmont, “Lecture the Eighth; On the Unity in Variety of the Human Race”, in Twelve Lectures on the Natural History of Man, and the Rise and Progress of Philosophy, Cincinnati: U. P. James, page 232:]
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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. [1963, Lewis A. Coser, editor, Sociology Through Literature, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, page 217:]
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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. [1995, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, edited by Julia Markus, Dared and Done: The Marriage of Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning, Alfred A. Knopf, page 20:]