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uncassock

uncassock verb: to remove the cassock from.

Verb

uncassock (third-person singular simple present uncassocks, present participle uncassocking, simple past and past participle uncassocked)

  1. (transitive) To remove the cassock from.
    • After having had an excellent breakfast, he is hastening home to uncassock himself, when he will, by a country walk, quicken his appetite for an excellent dinner, to which Michael Angelo's father has invited him, […]1811, William Combe, The Devil Upon Two Sticks in England, page 32

Forms of uncassock

third-person singular presentuncassocks
present participleuncassocking
past participleuncassocked
pastuncassocked

Origin of uncassock

From un- + cassock.

Questions about uncassock

What does uncassock mean?
Uncassock means to remove the cassock from.
What part of speech is uncassock?
Uncassock is a verb.
What is the past tense of uncassock?
The past tense of uncassock is uncassocked.

Words near uncassock in the dictionary

  1. uncasks
  2. uncasque
  3. uncasqued
  4. uncasques
  5. uncasquing
  6. uncassock
  7. uncassocked
  8. uncassocking
  9. uncassocks
  10. uncast
  11. uncastable

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