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disgowns

disgowns is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 disgowns

What is disgowns the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Disgowns is the third-person singular simple present indicative of disgown.

Words near disgowns in the dictionary

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

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