v. Obs. rare. [f. TRANS- 1 or 2 + L. vestīre to clothe, or Eng. VEST v.] trans. To clothe in other garments, e.g., those of the opposite sex; to disguise. Cf. TRAVESTY.
1652. J. Wright, trans. Camus’ Nat. Paradox, II. 42. How often did shee please her fancy with the imagination of transvesting herself, and by the help of a Man’s disguise deceiving the eyes of those that watched her deportments?
1654. trans. Martini’s Conq. China, 199. No Man but some horrid wild Beast, or rather … some Devill transvested in our humane Nature.
