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discasing

discasing is the present participle and gerund 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 discasing

What is discasing the present participle and gerund of?
Discasing is the present participle and gerund of discase.

Words near discasing in the dictionary

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

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