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.
I see poor Lucan travestied, not appareled in his Roman
toga, but under the cruel shears of an English tailor.
--Bentley.