unclothe

English

Etymology

From Middle English unclothen, equivalent to un- +‎ clothe.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊð

Verb

unclothe (third-person singular simple present uncloth, present participle ing, simple past and past participle unclothed)

1. (transitive) To strip of clothes or covering; to make naked.
   • Template:RQ:AV, 2 Corinthians, chapter 5

     For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.

References

• “unclothe”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.