unrobe
English
Etymology
Verb
unrobe (third-person singular simple present unrobes, present participle unrobing, simple past and past participle unrobed)
- (ambitransitive) To disrobe, to undress.
- 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 197:
- He thought by Cora's intent frown at him that she was going to state an objection to unrobing. Instead, she used a rejective wriggle to slither out of her frock, and there stood squirming, putting a shield of arms before her breasts and belly.
Synonyms
Translations
disrobe — see disrobe
References
- “unrobe” in Webster’s Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary: Based on Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, 7th edition, Springfield, Mass.: G[eorge] & C[harles] Merriam, 1963 (1967 printing), →OCLC.