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discase

discase verb: to strip; to undress (remove cclothes).

Verb

discase (third-person singular simple present discases, present participle discasing, simple past and past participle discased)

  1. (archaic) To strip; to undress (remove cclothes)
    • I will discase me, and myself present,
      As I was sometime Milan.1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published...
  2. (archaic) To remove; to lay bare
    • discasing the hearts of all the families within their sphere of influence1809, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Friend

Forms of discase

third-person singular presentdiscases
present participlediscasing
past participlediscased
pastdiscased

Origin of discase

From dis- + case.

Questions about discase

What does discase mean?
Discase means to strip; to undress (remove cclothes).
What part of speech is discase?
Discase is a verb.
What is the past tense of discase?
The past tense of discase is discased.

Words near discase in the dictionary

  1. discards
  2. discardure
  3. discarnate
  4. discarnation
  5. discarthrosis
  6. discase
  7. discased
  8. discases
  9. discasing
  10. discectomies
  11. discectomize

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