Present and Veil

Present

Present verb - To bring before the public in performance or exhibition.

Veil is an antonym for present.

Veil

Veil verb - To keep secret or shut off from view.
Usage example: a thicket of bushes veils the private beach from the road

Present is an antonym for veil.

Nearby Words: veiled, veiling

How words are described

full full present full veil
perfect perfect present perfect veil
real real present real veil
large large present large veil
Other adjectives: huge, little, last.

Both words in one sentence

  • Literature / White Night He missed that there was another woman present, but hidden under a veil.
  • 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.
  • Video Game / Wolfenstein (2009) 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.
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