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Noun Concept
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cloak
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Anything that covers or conceals WordNet 3.0
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Anything that covers or conceals WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
That which conceals; a disguise or pretext. Wiktionary
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1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, 1 Thessalonians 2:5. Wiktionary
For neither at any time vsed wee flattering wordes, as yee knowe, nor a cloke of couetousnesse, God is witnesse. Wiktionary
1698, Robert South, Twelve Sermons upon Several Subjects and Occasions. Wiktionary
No man is esteemed any ways considerable for policy who wears religion otherwise than as a cloak. Wiktionary
IS A
covering
DERIVATION
dissemble
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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cloak
Wiktionary
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cloak

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