Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To strip of a robe; undress; disrobe.
- To undress; especially, to take off robes of state or ceremony.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- verb To disrobe; to undress; to take off the robes.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
disrobe , toundress .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Hitherto (I concluded) she had looked upon me in the same light that the old Empress did upon her servant — the Empress who hesitated not to unrobe herself before her slave, since she did not account a slave a man.
The Gambler 2003
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YOU, for instance, would not care (pray pardon my bluntness) to unrobe yourself before the public eye; and in the same way, the poor man does not like to be pried at or questioned concerning his family relations, and so forth.
Poor Folk 2003
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And the deacons came in and began to unrobe him, and took from him the alb and the girdle, the maniple and the stole.
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And the deacons came in and began to unrobe him, and took from him the alb and the girdle, the maniple and the stole.
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But I grieve to say, that my modesty was put to a sore trial, when I began to unrobe.
Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver Theodore Canot
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Mrs. Day extinguished again the candles she had lit, and began docilely to unrobe herself.
Mrs. Day's Daughters Mary E. Mann
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After being much heated in the atmosphere of the house, he returned to Carlton House to unrobe, put on only a light frock, went to
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 61, No. 376, February, 1847 Various
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Such a character as Doe's must ever love to unrobe itself before a friend; and he continued:
Tell England A Study in a Generation Ernest Raymond 1931
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What I want to know is, where these gentlemen of the Court of Justice robe and unrobe?
Messengers of Evil Being a Further Account of the Lures and Devices of Fantômas Pierre Souvestre 1894
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"We will robe you here," said Belvisée, meaning rather to unrobe her.
The Forest Lovers Maurice Hewlett 1892
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