unapparel

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English

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Etymology

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From un- +‎ apparel.

Verb

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unapparel (third-person singular simple present unapparels, present participle unapparelling, simple past and past participle unapparelled)

  1. (obsolete) To divest of clothing; to strip.
    • a. 1631, John Donne, Obsequies to the Lord Harrington, Brother to the Lady Lucy, Countesse of Bedford:
      That I can study thee, / And, by these meditations refin'd, / Can unapparel and enlarge my mind.