unclothe

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -əʊð

Verb

unclothe (third-person singular simple present unclothes, present participle unclothing, simple past and past participle unclothed)

(transitive) To strip of clothes or covering; to make naked.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981:
  , 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, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

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