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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
disrobe
verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ I thought he was going to disrobe.
▪ They walked to the vestry to disrobe, and finally dispersed quietly.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Disrobe

Disrobe \Dis*robe"\ (?; see Dis-), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Disrobed; p. pr. & vb. n. Disrobing.] To divest of a robe; to undress; figuratively, to strip of covering; to divest of that which clothes or decorates; as, autumn disrobes the fields of verdure.

Two great peers were disrobed of their glory.
--Sir H. Wotton.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
disrobe

1580s in intransitive sense of "to undress" (oneself); see dis- + robe. Related: Disrobed; disrobing. Transitive sense is from 1580s.

Wiktionary
disrobe

vb. 1 (context transitive English) to undress someone or something 2 (context intransitive English) to undress oneself

WordNet
disrobe

v. get undressed; "please don't undress in front of everybody!"; "She strips in front of strangers every night for a living" [syn: undress, discase, uncase, unclothe, strip, strip down, peel] [ant: dress, dress]

Usage examples of "disrobe".

Charles, with Bluebeard on his left and La Hire on his right, comes from the vestry, where he has been disrobing.

While her Maries helped her to disrobe she talked excitedly of the way in which they would refurnish these apartments.

Voice, and suddenly the dressing-gown opened, and sitting down the Unseen began to disrobe.

Those seemed content to observe, like myself, bur they had all disrobed, though three or four of them Romanly kept on a single undergarment: a strophion about the breasts, a belt around the waist, a skimpy loincloth.

After noticing that but two hooks remained open in the bedroom, George removed two sets of clothing, whose he knew not, to the foyer and turning away, disrobed himself onto one of the hooks, boots aligned carefully beneath the hanging coat and britches.

Richard had tried with the utmost earnestness to persuade her to disrobe and wind the rope round her own person: and Ripton had aired his eloquence to induce her to secrete the file: how, when she resolutely objected to the rope, both boys began backing the file, and in an evil hour, she feared, said Dame Bakewell, she had rewarded the gracious permission given her by Sir Miles Papworth to visit her son, by tempting Tom to file the Law.

French procure robes in this country, they do not disrobe the savages, so great are the hardships that must be endured to obtain them.

Thereat mirth grew in them the more and they rehearsed to him his curious rite of wedlock for the disrobing and deflowering of spouses, as the priests use in Madagascar island, she to be in guise of white and saffron, her groom in white and grain, with burning of nard and tapers, on a bridebed while clerks sung kyries and the anthem UT NOVETUR SEXUS OMNIS CORPORIS MYSTERIUM till she was there unmaided.

Thereat mirth grew in them the more and they rehearsed to him his curious rite of wedlock for the disrobing and deflowering of spouses, as the priests use in Madagascar island, she to be in guise of white and saffron, her groom in white and grain, with burning of nard and tapers, on a bridebed while clerks sung kyries and the anthem Ut novetur sexus omnis corporis mysterium till she was there unmaided.

The two patients were disrobed in one of the carplanes and examined for needle wounds but none were detected.

Seeing them nude to their stockings and boots would stir us and we would then disrobe also, making much naughtiness about the matter and having our cunnies tickled and our bottoms stirred.

He moved quietly about the room as he disrobed and only the lantern outside in the courtyard showed him his way.

He always came in quietly and disrobed in the dark, being careful not to awaken her, but each time she would rouse for a few moments and feel secure in knowing he was back.

Victoria quickly disrobed and held the convulsing girl to her body, pulling the covers around them.

This memory led in turn to reveries of Miss Sally Ann disrobed, and he was roused in fact, though not beyond human proportions.