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dissheathe

dissheathe verb: to become unsheathed.

Verb

dissheathe (third-person singular simple present dissheathes, present participle dissheathing, simple past and past participle dissheathed)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To become unsheathed.
    • his sword dissheathing pierced his own thigh1614, Walter Ralegh [i.e., Walter Raleigh], The Historie of the World […], London: […] William Stansby for Walter Burre, […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=1 to 5)

Forms of dissheathe

third-person singular presentdissheathes
present participledissheathing
past participledissheathed
pastdissheathed

Origin of dissheathe

From dis- + sheathe.

Questions about dissheathe

What does dissheathe mean?
Dissheathe means to become unsheathed.
What part of speech is dissheathe?
Dissheathe is a verb.
What is the past tense of dissheathe?
The past tense of dissheathe is dissheathed.

Words near dissheathe in the dictionary

  1. dissevering
  2. disseverment
  3. disseverments
  4. dissevers
  5. dissful
  6. dissheathe
  7. dissheathed
  8. dissheathes
  9. dissheathing
  10. disship
  11. disshipped

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