Etymology

bestrip

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Today it means: To strip away, remove; strip, undress; deprive. Full definition →

Middle English bestrepen ← Old English bestrȳpan
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  1. Old English · inherited frombestrȳpan“to strip, rob, plunder”
  2. Middle English · inherited frombestrepen
  3. English todaybestrip

From Middle English bestrepen, from Old English bestrȳpan (“to strip, rob, plunder”), equivalent to be- (“off, away”) + strip.

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