Burlesqued

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Burlesque \Bur*lesque"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Burlesqued}; p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Burlesquing}.]
     To ridicule, or to make ludicrous by grotesque representation
     in action or in language.
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           They burlesqued the prophet Jeremiah's words, and
           turned the expression he used into ridicule.
                                                    --Stillingfleet.
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