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unvesting

unvesting is the present participle and gerund of unvest.

Meaning of unvest

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

Questions about unvesting

What is unvesting the present participle and gerund of?
Unvesting is the present participle and gerund of unvest.

Words near unvesting in the dictionary

  1. unvesselling
  2. unvessels
  3. unvest
  4. unvested
  5. unvestibuled
  6. unvesting
  7. unvests
  8. unvetoed
  9. unvettable
  10. unvetted
  11. unvexatious

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unvesting (page history and authors); unvest (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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