"transvest" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: transvests [present, singular, third-person], transvesting [participle, present], transvested [participle, past], transvested [past]
Etymology: Back-formation from transvestite. Etymology templates: {{back-form|en|transvestite}} Back-formation from transvestite Head templates: {{en-verb}} transvest (third-person singular simple present transvests, present participle transvesting, simple past and past participle transvested)
  1. (uncommon, formal) To wear clothes typically associated with the opposite sex. Tags: formal, uncommon Categories (topical): Crossdressing Synonyms: cross-dress Related terms: transvestism, transvestist, transvestite

Inflected forms

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