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disembellishes

disembellishes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of disembellish.

Meaning of disembellish

Verb

disembellish (third-person singular simple present disembellishes, present participle disembellishing, simple past and past participle disembellished)

  1. (transitive) To deprive of embellishment; to undecorate.
    • [G]ive it up, and weep, not that the reign of wonder is done, and God's world all disembellished and prosaic, but that thou hitherto art a Dilettante and sandblind Pedant.1831, Thomas Carlyle, “Pure Reason”, in Sartor Resartus: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh. […], London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, 1st book, page 47

Questions about disembellishes

What is disembellishes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Disembellishes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of disembellish.

Words near disembellishes in the dictionary

  1. disembedded
  2. disembedding
  3. disembeds
  4. disembellish
  5. disembellished
  6. disembellishes
  7. disembellishing
  8. disembitter
  9. disembittered
  10. disembittering
  11. disembitters

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