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un⋅dress

[uhn-dres] verb, -dressed or -drest, -dress⋅ing, noun, adjective
–verb (used with object)
1. to take the clothes off (a person); disrobe.
2. to remove the dressing from (a wound, sore, etc.).
3. to strip or divest of or as if of a covering; expose: to undress a pretense.
–verb (used without object)
4. to take off one's clothes.
–noun
5. dress of a style designed to be worn on other than highly formal or ceremonial occasions; informal dress, as opposed to full dress.
6. dress of a style not designed to be worn in public; dishabille; negligee: She couldn't receive guests in such a state of undress.
7. the condition of being unclothed; nakedness.
–adjective
8. of or pertaining to clothing of a style less formal than full dress: undress uniform.
9. characterized by informality of dress, manners, or the like: an undress dinner party.

Origin:
1590–1600; un- 2 + dress
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undress  (v.)
1596, "to shed one's clothing," from un- (2) + dress (v.). Trans. sense of "to strip off (someone's) clothing" is recorded from 1615. The noun meaning "state of partial or incomplete dress" is attested from 1685. Undressed "naked (or nearly so)" is recorded from 1613.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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