parodied

parodied
parody par"o*dy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {parodied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {parodying}.] [Cf. F. parodier.] To write a parody upon; to burlesque. [1913 Webster]

I have translated, or rather parodied, a poem of Horace. --Pope. [1913 Webster]


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