unrobe

English

Etymology

un- +‎ robe

Verb

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

  1. (transitive, intransitive) 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
  • Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Anagrams
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