discloak

English

Etymology

From dis- +‎ cloak.

Verb

discloak (third-person singular simple present discloaks, present participle discloaking, simple past and past participle discloaked)

1. (obsolete) To remove a cloak from.
   • 1600 (first performance), Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Cynthias Reuels, or The Fountayne of Selfe-Loue. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, →OCLC:

     Now go in, discloak yourself, and come forth

2. To reveal; to uncover

Related terms

• decloak
• uncloak

References

• “discloak”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.