Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An old spelling of veil.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete A veil.

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  • noun Obsolete form of veil.

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Examples

  • "A vele is a sort of hoodoo; it is something that many natives believe in with such tenacity that if any one having this rattle points to him and declares him veleed, and announces that the veleed one will die the next day, he will lay down and actually expire as predicted."

    The Wonder Island Boys: Adventures on Strange Islands Roger Thompson Finlay

  • Die basiese idee, een waarop vele ander soortgelyke skrywers deesdae Seth Godin jumps to ...

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  • Een bijzonder jaar met vele nieuwe (online) vrienden …

    Public nuisance #1: Importing your contacts | FactoryCity 2007

  • Het is een van de vele opmerkelijke vondsten van Bill Tancer, expert op het gebied van surfgedrag.

    No freaks « BuzzMachine 2008

  • Kuye kwiproject, athi ngizokuka emsebenzini ngifuna u R300 00, kuye ekunikeni itender athi ngizokunika le thenda nginike R50 000 00, aze asale esethathe la imali yethu amabhank agcine esecabanga ukuthi vele indlela yokuphila ukuba corrupt.

    Speech by Sindi Chikunga on the State of the Nation Address Debate 2007

  • Uma ebonga omunye kulabantwana cishe uneminyaka ewu 12, uthi kukabili ngizama ukuntshontsha izicathulo esitolo ngoba ekhaya ngekhe vele bakhona ukungithengela futhi esikolweni abanye abantwana njalo uma kuvulwa izikole banezicathulo ezintsha.

    Speech by Sindi Chikunga on the State of the Nation Address Debate 2007

  • De vele gezichten van het kwaad: Meedenken in het spoor van Emmanuel Levinas.

    Emmanuel Levinas Bergo, Bettina 2007

  • A symbol stands then for a complete religion, irrespective of the vele interpretations and the individual perception of it.

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  • It's Dante: Per correr miglior acque alza le vele / omai la navicella del mio ingegno, / che lascia dietro a sé mar sí crudele Purgatorio, i.1-3.

    Archive 2005-05-01 Miglior acque 2005

  • It's Dante: Per correr miglior acque alza le vele / omai la navicella del mio ingegno, / che lascia dietro a sé mar sí crudele Purgatorio, i.1-3.

    About the name... Miglior acque 2005

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  • (Obscure) A veil.

    September 6, 2008