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Webster 1913 Edition


Unclothe

Un-clothe′

,
Verb.
T.
[1st pref.
un-
+
clothe
.]
To strip of clothes or covering; to make naked.
I. Watts.
[We] do groan being burdened; not for that we would be
unclothed
, but clothed upon.
2 Cor. v. 4.

Webster 1828 Edition


Unclothe

UNCLO'THE

,
Verb.
T.
To strip of clothes; to make naked; to divest.
To have a distinct knowledge of things, we must unclothe them.

Definition 2024


unclothe

unclothe

English

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, Bible (KJV):, 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.

References

  • unclothe in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913