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unapparel

unapparel verb: to divest of clothing; to strip.

Verb

unapparel (third-person singular simple present unapparels, present participle (US) unappareling or (UK) unapparelling, simple past and past participle (US) unappareled or (UK) unapparelled)

  1. (obsolete) To divest of clothing; to strip.
    • That I can study thee, / And, by these meditations refin'd, / Can unapparel and enlarge my mind.a. 1631, John Donne, Obsequies to the Lord Harrington, Brother to the Lady Lucy, Countesse of Bedford

Forms of unapparel

third-person singular presentunapparels
present participle USunappareling
present participle UKunapparelling
past participle USunappareled
past USunappareled
past participle UKunapparelled
past UKunapparelled

Origin of unapparel

From un- + apparel.

Questions about unapparel

What does unapparel mean?
Unapparel means to divest of clothing; to strip.
What part of speech is unapparel?
Unapparel is a verb.
What is the past tense of unapparel?
The past tense of unapparel is unappareled.

Words near unapparel in the dictionary

  1. unapostolical
  2. unapostolically
  3. unapostrophized
  4. unappalled
  5. unappalling
  6. unapparel
  7. unappareled
  8. unapparelled
  9. unapparelling
  10. unapparels
  11. unapparent

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