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unclothe

[ uhn-klohth ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

unclothingunclothed or unclad [uhn-, klad],

unclothe

/ ʌnˈkləʊð /

First recorded in 1250–1300, unclothe is from the Middle English word unclothen. See un- ², clothe

One day he made me unclothe myself; I fainted when I must let my body linen fall: he revived me with salts and flasks.

We uncover, indeed we unclothe an ugly, pot-bellied, pale-orange larva.

We unfold the hidden operations, the very arcana of Nature, whom we unclothe as it were to her very nakedness.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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