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disattiring

disattiring is the present participle and gerund of disattire.

Meaning of disattire

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

Questions about disattiring

What is disattiring the present participle and gerund of?
Disattiring is the present participle and gerund of disattire.

Words near disattiring in the dictionary

  1. disattenuation
  2. disattenuations
  3. disattire
  4. disattired
  5. disattires
  6. disattiring
  7. disattract
  8. disattracted
  9. disattracting
  10. disattracts
  11. disattribution

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