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disgowned

disgowned is the simple past and past participle of disgown.

Meaning of disgown

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

Questions about disgowned

What is disgowned the simple past and past participle of?
Disgowned is the simple past and past participle of disgown.

Words near disgowned in the dictionary

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

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