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Webster 1913 Edition

Nake

Nake

(nāk)
,
Verb.
T.
To make naked.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
Come, be ready,
nake
your swords.
Old Play.

Definition 2024

nake

nake

English

Verb

nake ‎(third-person singular simple present nakes, present participle naking, simple past and past participle naked)

  1. (chiefly Scotland) to make naked, bare, expose
    Come, be ready, nake your swords --Chaucer

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Dutch

Verb

nake

  1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of naken

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Adjective

nake

  1. neuter singular of naken

Etymology

From Middle English naken ‎(“to nake”), from Old English nacian ‎(“to bare, strip, make naked”), from Proto-Germanic *nakwōną ‎(“to make naked”), from Proto-Indo-European *nogʷ- ‎(“to make naked”). Cognate with Old Norse nǫkkva ‎(“to bare, expose”). More at naked.

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