uncovereth
uncovereth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of uncover.
Meaning of uncover
Verb
uncover (third-person singular simple present uncovers, present participle uncovering, simple past and past participle uncovered)
- To remove a cover from.
- The model railway was uncovered.
- To reveal the identity of.
- The murderer has finally been uncovered.
- To show openly; to disclose; to reveal.
- To uncover his perjury to the oath of his coronation.1649, J[ohn] Milton, ΕΙΚΟΝΟΚΛΆΣΤΗΣ [Eikonoklástēs] […], London: […] Matthew Simmons, […], →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- expose
- To remove one's hat or cap as a mark of respect.
- Alfred, surprised to meet his father, whom he thought absent from home, […] stood, holding his firelock in one hand, and his hat in the other, having uncovered himself as soon as he perceived his father.1824, Town and Country Tales, page 115
- Synonyms:
- doff
- To expose the genitalia.
- The phallus had power to subdue the attacks of demons and the Evil Eye; and the female organs were potent over elemental disturbances, thus a woman uncovering herself could quell a storm.1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 159
- To expose (lines of formation of troops) successively by the wheeling to right or left of the lines in front.
Origin of uncovereth
uncover + -eth
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