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dis·robe

   [dis-rohb]
verb (used with object), verb (used without object), -robed, -rob·ing.
to undress.
Origin:
1575–85; dis-1 + robe; compare Middle French desrober

Related forms
dis·robe·ment, noun
dis·rob·er, noun
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disrobe (dɪsˈrəʊb)
 
—vb
1.  to remove the clothing of (a person) or (of a person) to undress
2.  (tr) to divest of authority, etc
 
dis'robement
 
—n
 
dis'rober
 
—n

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disrobe
1581 in intrans. sense of "undress," from dis- + robe.
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