unrobe

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English un-

English robe

English unrobe

From un- + robe.

Verb

unrobe (third-person singular simple present unrobes, present participle unrobing, simple past and past participle unrobed)

1. (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

• (transitive: to undress): divest, dismantle

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.

Anagrams

• Bourne, bourne, unbore