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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Bur·lesque v. t. [imp. & p. p. Burlesqued p. pr. & vb. n. Burlesquing ] To ridicule, or to make ludicrous by grotesque representation in action or in language.
    They burlesqued the prophet Jeremiah's words, and turned the expression he used into ridicule.   --Stillingfleet.