disenvelop
disenvelop verb: to unwrap or disentangle.
Verb
disenvelop (third-person singular simple present disenvelops, present participle disenveloping, simple past and past participle disenveloped)
- To unwrap or disentangle.
- And therefore when the Will by deserved punishment is whipt out of her viciousness, the Native lustre of the Understanding will quickly disenvelop its self from the cloud of mistake, in which the Passion-exhaled vapors had enwrapt her.1655, John Sergeant, Schism disarmed of the defensive weapons lent it by Doctor Hammond and the Bishop of Derry
- The value of the former loss may fairly be doubted, for all we know of antiquity is through the doubtful mists of their mythos; requiring the utmost care to disenvelop from the shroud of falsehood in which it has so long slept.1839, The Foreign Quarterly Review - Volumes 22-23, page 94
Forms of disenvelop
| third-person singular present | disenvelops |
|---|---|
| present participle | disenveloping |
| past participle | disenveloped |
| past | disenveloped |
Origin of disenvelop
From dis- + envelop.
Words formed from disenvelop
Questions about disenvelop
- What does disenvelop mean?
- Disenvelop means to unwrap or disentangle.
- What part of speech is disenvelop?
- Disenvelop is a verb.
- What is the past tense of disenvelop?
- The past tense of disenvelop is disenveloped.
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