suit vs veil

suit

verb
  • To dress; to clothe. 

  • To be suitable or apt for one's image. 

  • To be appropriate or apt for. 

  • To make proper or suitable; to adapt or fit. 

  • To please; to make content; to fit one's taste. 

  • To agree; to be fitted; to correspond (usually followed by to, archaically also followed by with) 

noun
  • The full set of sails required for a ship. 

  • A set of clothes to be worn together, now especially a man's matching jacket and trousers (also business suit or lounge suit), or a similar outfit for a woman. 

  • The attempt to gain an end by legal process; a process instituted in a court of law for the recovery of a right or claim; a lawsuit. 

  • A person who wears matching jacket and trousers, especially a boss or a supervisor. 

  • A full set of armour. 

  • Each of the sets of a pack of cards distinguished by color and/or specific emblems, such as the spades, hearts, diamonds, or clubs of traditional Anglo, Hispanic, and French playing cards. 

  • Pursuit of a love-interest; wooing, courtship. 

  • A garment or set of garments suitable and/or required for a given task or activity: space suit, boiler suit, protective suit, swimsuit. 

  • Petition, request, entreaty. 

veil

verb
  • To dress in, or decorate with, a veil. 

  • To conceal as with a veil. 

noun
  • A thin layer of tissue which is attached to or covers a mushroom. 

  • A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense. 

  • A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; a velum. 

  • Anything that partially obscures a clear view. 

  • A covering for a person or thing; as, a caul (especially over the head) 

  • The calyptra of mosses. 

  • That which separates the living and the spirit world. 

  • An obscuration of the clearness of the tones in pronunciation. 

  • velum (A circular membrane round the cap of a medusa). 

  • Something hung up or spread out to hide or protect the face, or hide an object from view; usually of gauze, crepe, or similar diaphanous material. 

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