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disgown

disgown verb: to divest of a gown of office; to defrock.

Verb

disgown (third-person singular simple present disgowns, present participle disgowning, simple past and past participle disgowned)

  1. (transitive) To divest of a gown of office; to defrock.
    • The boldness with which Dr. Canfield defied Bishop Potter when the latter threatened to disgown him for such transgressions was simply an expression of a right to individual action under the impulse of conviction of duty to the truth.1868, The Northern Monthly Magazine, volume 2, page 354

Forms of disgown

third-person singular presentdisgowns
present participledisgowning
past participledisgowned
pastdisgowned

Origin of disgown

From dis- + gown.

Questions about disgown

What does disgown mean?
Disgown means to divest of a gown of office; to defrock.
What part of speech is disgown?
Disgown is a verb.
What is the past tense of disgown?
The past tense of disgown is disgowned.

Words near disgown in the dictionary

  1. disgorges
  2. disgorgest
  3. disgorgeth
  4. disgorging
  5. disgorgings
  6. disgown
  7. disgowned
  8. disgowning
  9. disgowns
  10. disgrace
  11. disgraced

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