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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
visard .
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Examples
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And truly, since I have understood the occurrences of the world, and know in what counterfeiting shapes and deceitful visards times present represent on the stage things past, I do believe them little more than things to come.
Religio Medici 2007
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When night was come the Theeves awaked and rose up, and when they had buckled on their weapons, and disguised their faces with visards, they departed.
The Golden Asse Lucius Apuleius
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And truly, since I have understood the occurrences of the world, and know in what counterfeiting shapes and deceitful visards times present represent on the stage things past, I do believe them little more than things to come.
Religio Medici, Hydriotaphia, and the Letter to a Friend 1643
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When night was come the Theeves awaked and rose up, and when they had buckled on their weapons, and disguised their faces with visards, they departed.
The Golden Asse 1566
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But all this was concealed by the thick, muffling, outer veil; they also had horsehair visards through which they could see without being seen. "
Women of the Romance Countries John Robert Effinger 1901
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