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disattire

disattire verb: to undress.

Verb

disattire (third-person singular simple present disattires, present participle disattiring, simple past and past participle disattired)

  1. (transitive) To undress.
    • There he was welcom'd of that honeſt ſyre,
      And of his aged Beldame homely well;
      Who him beſought himſelfe to diſattyre,
      And reſt himſelfe, till ſupper time befell.1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], part II (books IV–VI), London: […] [Richard Field] for William Ponsonby, →OCLC, page 470

Forms of disattire

third-person singular presentdisattires
present participledisattiring
past participledisattired
pastdisattired

Origin of disattire

From dis- + attire: compare Old French desatirier.

Questions about disattire

What does disattire mean?
Disattire means to undress.
What part of speech is disattire?
Disattire is a verb.
What is the past tense of disattire?
The past tense of disattire is disattired.

Words near disattire in the dictionary

  1. disattenuate
  2. disattenuated
  3. disattenuating
  4. disattenuation
  5. disattenuations
  6. disattire
  7. disattired
  8. disattires
  9. disattiring
  10. disattract
  11. disattracted

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