disgown

D2I1S1G2O1W4N1

verb

To divest of a gown of office; to defrock.

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Meanings

verbdisgown (third-person singular simple present disgowns, present participle disgowning, simple past and past participle disgowned)

present singular third person disgowns · participle present disgowning · participle past disgowned · past disgowned

  1. transitiveTo 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

Origin

From dis- + gown.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

dowsing
Cite this entry
APA

disgown. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disgown

MLA

“disgown.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disgown. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disgown,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disgown.

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