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un·clothe

   [uhn-klohth]
verb (used with object), -clothed or -clad  [-klad] , -cloth·ing.
1.
to strip of clothes.
2.
to remove a covering from; lay bare; uncover.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English unclothen. See un-2, clothe
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unclothe (ʌnˈkləʊð)
 
—vb , -clothes, -clothing, -clothed, -clad
1.  to take off garments from; strip
2.  to uncover or lay bare

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unclothe
c.1300, uncloþe (trans.), from un- (2) + clothe (v.). Refl. sense is attested from 1382.
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