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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

disgown en · VERB

Etymology

From dis- + gown.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To divest of a gown of office; to defrock.
    • The boldness with which Dr. Canfield defied Bishop Potter when the latter threatened to disgown him for such transgressions was simply an expression of a right to individual action under the impulse of conviction of duty to the truth. 1868, The Northern Monthly Magazine, volume 2, page 354:

Forms

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disgowned Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
disgowned Tense=Past lexicographic
disgowns Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
disgowning Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic