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Webster 1913 Edition


Uncover

Un-cov′er

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Uncovered
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Uncovering
.]
[1st pref.
un-
+
cover
.]
1.
To take the cover from; to divest of covering;
as, to
uncover
a box, bed, house, or the like; to
uncover
one’s body
.
2.
To show openly; to disclose; to reveal.
“To uncover his perjury to the oath of his coronation.”
Milton.
3.
To divest of the hat or cap; to bare the head of;
as, to
uncover
one's head; to
uncover
one's self
.

Un-cov′er

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To take off the hat or cap; to bare the head in token of respect.
We are forced to
uncover
after them.
Addison.
2.
To remove the covers from dishes, or the like.
Uncover
, dogs, and lap.
Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition


Uncover

UNCOVER

, v.t.
1.
To divest of a cover; to remove any covering from; a word of general use.
2.
To deprive of clothes; to strip; to make naked.
3.
To unroof; as a building.
4.
To take off the hat or cap; to bare the head.
5.
To strip of a vail, or of any thing that conceals; to lay open; to disclose to view.