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unmantling

unmantling is the present participle and gerund of unmantle.

Meaning of unmantle

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...

Questions about unmantling

What is unmantling the present participle and gerund of?
Unmantling is the present participle and gerund of unmantle.

Words near unmantling in the dictionary

  1. unmanoeuvred
  2. unmans
  3. unmantle
  4. unmantled
  5. unmantles
  6. unmantling
  7. unmanufacturable
  8. unmanufactured
  9. unmanumitted
  10. unmanurable
  11. unmanured

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