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disgarnish

disgarnish verb: to divest of garniture; to disfurnish; to dismantle.

Verb

disgarnish (third-person singular simple present disgarnishes, present participle disgarnishing, simple past and past participle disgarnished)

  1. (transitive) To divest of garniture; to disfurnish; to dismantle.
    • remember never to disgarnish the Stock Or Lopping Fruit-Trees1685, Nicolas Venette, The Art of Pruning Fruit-trees

Forms of disgarnish

third-person singular presentdisgarnishes
present participledisgarnishing
past participledisgarnished
pastdisgarnished

Origin of disgarnish

From dis- + garnish. See degarnish.

Questions about disgarnish

What does disgarnish mean?
Disgarnish means to divest of garniture; to disfurnish; to dismantle.
What part of speech is disgarnish?
Disgarnish is a verb.
What is the past tense of disgarnish?
The past tense of disgarnish is disgarnished.

Words near disgarnish in the dictionary

  1. disgarbage
  2. disgarland
  3. disgarlanded
  4. disgarlanding
  5. disgarlands
  6. disgarnish
  7. disgarnished
  8. disgarnishes
  9. disgarnishing
  10. disgarrison
  11. disgarrisoned

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