discase en · VERB
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin dis- Old French des-bor. Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English case English discase From dis- + case.
Meanings
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(archaic) To strip; to undress (remove cclothes)
I will discase me, and myself present, As I was sometime Milan.
1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
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(archaic) To remove; to lay bare
discasing the hearts of all the families within their sphere of influence
1809, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Friend:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| discasing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| discased | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| discased | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| discases | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Translations (2)
ru разоблачи́ть (to strip, to undress) · ru разде́ть (to strip, to undress)