unclothe

English

Etymology

From Middle English unclothen, equivalent to un- +‎ clothe.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -əʊð

Verb

unclothe (third-person singular simple present unclothes, present participle unclothing, simple past and past participle unclothed)

1. (transitive) To strip of clothes or covering; to make naked.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC:
     , 2 Corinthians, chapter 5

     For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.

Translations

To strip of clothes, to make naked

• Bulgarian: събличам (bg) (sǎbličam), разголвам (bg) (razgolvam)
• Maori: whakahahake

References

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