to euphemize

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English - Turkish
{f} örtmece kullanmak
{f} edebikelâm ile yazmak
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To describe or refer to by using one or more euphemisms

The pools in general are bedded with black mud, and creamed over with oily flakes which may proceed from the tar on the vessels' sides, and may also from decomposing animal matter, as we euphemise it now-a-days.

To utter one or more euphemisms; to speak euphemistically

There seems to be some support here for the claim that the older group felt a greater need to euphemize in the two contexts in question.

To express by a euphemism, or in delicate language; to make use of euphemistic expressions
refer to something with a euphemism
to euphemize
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