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disgrade

disgrade verb: to degrade.

Verb

disgrade (third-person singular simple present disgrades, present participle disgrading, simple past and past participle disgraded)

  1. (obsolete) To degrade.
    • disgrade him from his first tonsure1563 March 30 (Gregorian calendar), John Foxe, Actes and Monuments of These Latter and Perillous Dayes, […], London: […] Iohn Day, […], →OCLC
  2. (transitive) To deprive of rank or status.

Forms of disgrade

third-person singular presentdisgrades
present participledisgrading
past participledisgraded
pastdisgraded

Origin of disgrade

From dis- + grade.

Questions about disgrade

What does disgrade mean?
Disgrade means to degrade.
What part of speech is disgrade?
Disgrade is a verb.
What is the past tense of disgrade?
The past tense of disgrade is disgraded.

Words near disgrade in the dictionary

  1. disgraceth
  2. disgracing
  3. disgracious
  4. disgracive
  5. disgradation
  6. disgrade
  7. disgraded
  8. disgrades
  9. disgrading
  10. disgraduate
  11. disgraduated

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