disrobe
verb/dɪsˈrəʊb/
/dɪsˈrəʊb/
[intransitive, transitive] (formal or humorous)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they disrobe | /dɪsˈrəʊb/ /dɪsˈrəʊb/ |
| he / she / it disrobes | /dɪsˈrəʊbz/ /dɪsˈrəʊbz/ |
| past simple disrobed | /dɪsˈrəʊbd/ /dɪsˈrəʊbd/ |
| past participle disrobed | /dɪsˈrəʊbd/ /dɪsˈrəʊbd/ |
| -ing form disrobing | /dɪsˈrəʊbɪŋ/ /dɪsˈrəʊbɪŋ/ |
- disrobe (somebody) to take off your or somebody else’s clothes; to take off clothes worn for an official ceremony
- She went behind the screen to disrobe.
Word Originlate Middle English: from dis- (expressing reversal) + robe, perhaps on the pattern of French desrober.
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