disrobev.
/dɪsˈrəʊb/ 1. transitive. To divest or strip of a robe or garment; to undress, strip. Const. of, from.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > undressing or removing clothing > undress or remove clothing [verb (transitive)] > strip or undress a person
to dight nakedc1200
stripa1225
unclothec1300
nakea1350
despoilc1386
spoilc1386
spoila1400
uncleada1400
undighta1400
unarray14..
disarrayc1425
disattire?1473
unray1485
uncover1530
tirr1553
disclothe1570
disvesture1570
uncoat1571
uncase1576
unapparel1577
disrobe1590
unrig1591
unbusk1596
unstrip1596
untire1597
devest1598
unparel1603
unshale1604
unvest1609
disapparel1610
flaya1616
undress1615
disinvest1619
disvest1627
despoil1632
blanch1675
unpack1765
ungarment1805
peel1820
divest1848
divesture1854
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. iii. sig. C4 The holy Saints of their rich vestiments He did disrobe.
a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) ii. i. 142 He..That did disrobe the Lion of that robe. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) i. i. 64 Disrobe the Images. View more context for this quotation
1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 236 One holds his knee; a second disroabs him.
1648 J. Mayne Amorous Warre iv. vi. 57 Disrobe your upper parts.
1726 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey V. xx. 312 Dis-roab'd, their vests apart in order lay.
1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess Concl. 164 Lilia,..Disrobed the glimmering statue of Sir Ralph From those rich silks.
2. reflexive and intransitive. To divest oneself of clothing; to undress.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > undressing or removing clothing > undress or remove clothing [verb (reflexive)]
stripa1225
spoila1382
unclothea1382
despoil1388
spoila1395
undighta1400
uncase1576
disrobe1581
unreadya1586
untire1597
devest1598
discasea1616
undressa1616
disvest1627
doff1697
tirr1787
unray1825
divest1848
undrape1869
unrind1872
shuck1897
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > undressing or removing clothing > undress or remove clothing [verb (intransitive)]
stripa1225
unbusk1596
uncase1598
disapparela1605
undressa1625
disarray1678
unrig1693
disrobe1716
peel1785
tirr1787
unattire1791
shuck1848
1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxxiv. 121 They disrobed themselues, and were chafed with a gentle kinde of rubber.
1603 Brief out of Liber Regalis in J. W. Legg Coronation Order James I (1902) 23 Hee [sc. the king]..there disrobeth himself of his vpper Garmentes.
1716 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad II. v. 904 Pallas disrobes.
1807 G. Crabbe Sir Eustace Grey in Poems 224 They make the Hypocrite disrobe.
1883 J. Gilmour Among Mongols xviii. 211 You will notice as they disrobe, that each and all wear at their breast charms.
3. transferred and figurative. To divest, strip.
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the mind > possession > loss > taking away > take away [verb (transitive)] > deprive (of) > of any adjunct or asset
stripc1405
disgarnish1481
disray1483
disfurnish1531
unpeoplea1533
disarray1579
disrobe1606
diseffect1613
1606 No-body & Some-body sig. C4 Archigallo shall be deposd, And thou disroab'd of all thy dignitie.
1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 330 Nutmeg..at full ripnesse disroabs it selfe, and discovers..the Mace.
1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle IV. cxi. 285 Desire to see her fair eyes disrobed of..resentment.
1858 G. MacDonald Phantastes 83 The very voice..seemed to disrobe the room of the strange look.
Derivatives
disˈrobed adj.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > nakedness or state of being unclothed > [adjective]
nakedOE
bareOE
start nakedc1225
nakec1300
unarrayedc1380
clothelessc1386
mother-nakedc1390
stark nakedc1390
bareda1400
naked as a needlec1400
unattiredc1400
uncladc1400
uncoveredc1400
loose1423
unclothedc1440
belly-nakeda1500
naked as one's nail1563
unabuilyeit1568
sindonlessc1595
leathern1596
disarrayed1611
undressed1613
debaredc1620
unapparelled1622
unaccoutred?1750
stark1762
disrobed1794
ungarmented1798
undraped1814
au naturel1828
nude1830
skyclad1832
garbless1838
kitless1846
spar-naked1849
raimentless1852
undoffed1854
togless1857
garmentless1866
naked as a robin1866
clothesless1868
sky clothed1878
nakedized1885
altogether1896
buck naked1913
raw1916
bollock naked1922
starkers1923
starko1923
stitchless1927
naked as a jaybird1931
bollock1950
rollock naked1962
nekkid1977
kit-off1992
1794 H. L. Piozzi Brit. Synonymy II. 302 Writers who delight not in disrobed meaning.
disˈrobing n. and adj.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > undressing or removing clothing > [noun]
stripping1398
unclothing1572
doffing1606
divesture1631
undressing1677
disrobement1747
disrobing1813
divestiture1820
peeling1832
divestment1854
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > undressing or removing clothing > [adjective]
unrobing1810
disrobing1813
1813 P. B. Shelley Queen Mab ix. 119 Fear not..death's disrobing hand.
1841 E. W. Lane tr. Thousand & One Nights I. 121 The first apartment is the..disrobing room.
1903 ‘A. McNeill’ Egregious Eng. (ed. 3) 58 The bare business of robing and disrobing takes up pretty well half her waking day.
1912 L. A. Harker Mr. Wycherly's Wards x Neither of them cared a whit for Jane-Anne and her disrobings.
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