Meanings
verbdiscase (third-person singular simple present discases, present participle discasing, simple past and past participle discased)
present singular third person discases · participle present discasing · participle past discased · past discased
- archaicTo 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]
Synonyms & antonyms
verbget undressed
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latindis-
- Old Frenchdes-
- Latindis-
- Middle Englishdis-
- Englishdis-
- Proto-Indo-European*kap-
- Proto-Indo-European*kapyéti
- Proto-Italic*kapjō
- Proto-Italic*kapsos
- Latincapsa
- Old Northern Frenchcasse
- Middle Englishcase
- Englishcase
- Englishdiscase
Translations
Russian разде́ть, разоблачи́ть
- разде́ть (razdétʹ)to strip, to undress
- разоблачи́ть (razoblačítʹ)to strip, to undress
Cite this entry
APA
discase. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/discase
MLA
“discase.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/discase. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “discase,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/discase.
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