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discased

discased is the simple past and past participle of discase.

Meaning of discase

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

Questions about discased

What is discased the simple past and past participle of?
Discased is the simple past and past participle of discase.

Words near discased in the dictionary

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

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