Present
Present verb - To bring before the public in performance or exhibition.
Veil
Veil verb - To keep secret or shut off from view.
Usage example: a thicket of bushes veils the private beach from the road
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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He missed that there was another woman present, but hidden under a veil.
Source: Literature / White Night - Veil of Darkness subverts it - the Necrons manage to take the Temple of Hera and slaughter most, if not all Ultramarines present, but it turns out to be Sicarius' prophetic dream and he stops it before the invasion begins.
Source: The Bad Guy Wins / Literature -
Those Wacky Nazis: With energies and beings from Another Dimension being present, this was expected: The Elite soldiers can create Despoiled and use Veil-powered weapons.
Source: Video Game / Wolfenstein (2009)
Cite this Source
Veil and Present. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/present/veil
Present & Veil. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/present/veil>.
Veil or Present. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/present/veil.
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