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unmantle

unmantle verb: to divest of a mantle; to uncover.

Verb

unmantle (third-person singular simple present unmantles, present participle unmantling, simple past and past participle unmantled)

  1. To divest of a mantle; to uncover.
    • Meanwhile the earl, for he was of no inferior rank, returned his lady's caress with the most affectionate ardour, but affected to resist when she strove to take his cloak from him. “Nay,” she said, “but I will unmantle you[…]”1821 January 8, [Walter Scott], Kenilworth; a Romance. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; and John Ballantyne, […]; London: Hurst, Robinson...

Forms of unmantle

third-person singular presentunmantles
present participleunmantling
past participleunmantled
pastunmantled

Origin of unmantle

From un- + mantle.

Questions about unmantle

What does unmantle mean?
Unmantle means to divest of a mantle; to uncover.
What part of speech is unmantle?
Unmantle is a verb.
What is the past tense of unmantle?
The past tense of unmantle is unmantled.

Words near unmantle in the dictionary

  1. unmanoeuvrability
  2. unmanoeuvrable
  3. unmanoeuvreable
  4. unmanoeuvred
  5. unmans
  6. unmantle
  7. unmantled
  8. unmantles
  9. unmantling
  10. unmanufacturable
  11. unmanufactured

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