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unvest

unvest verb: to remove vestments (from).

Verb

unvest (third-person singular simple present unvests, present participle unvesting, simple past and past participle unvested)

  1. (ambitransitive) To remove vestments (from).
    • […] the Subdeacon lays aside his maniple, and then assists the Deacon to unvest the Bishop. Having taken off the Bishop's sandals and buskins, he will retire to unvest.1853, Giuseppe Baldeschi, Ceremonial According to the Roman Rite, page 106

Forms of unvest

third-person singular presentunvests
present participleunvesting
past participleunvested
pastunvested

Origin of unvest

un- + vest

Questions about unvest

What does unvest mean?
Unvest means to remove vestments (from).
What part of speech is unvest?
Unvest is a verb.
What is the past tense of unvest?
The past tense of unvest is unvested.

Words near unvest in the dictionary

  1. unvesseled
  2. unvesseling
  3. unvesselled
  4. unvesselling
  5. unvessels
  6. unvest
  7. unvested
  8. unvestibuled
  9. unvesting
  10. unvests
  11. unvetoed

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