Travesting

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

  Travesty \Trav"es*ty\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Travestied}; p. pr.
     & vb. n. {Travesting}.]
     To translate, imitate, or represent, so as to render
     ridiculous or ludicrous.
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           I see poor Lucan travestied, not appareled in his Roman
           toga, but under the cruel shears of an English tailor.
                                                    --Bentley.
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