unapparel

U1N1A1P3P3A1R1E1L1

verb

To divest of clothing; to strip.

Scrabble 13
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Meanings

verbunapparel (third-person singular simple present unapparels, present participle (US) unappareling or (UK) unapparelling, simple past and past participle (US) unappareled or (UK) unapparelled)

present singular third person unapparels · US participle present unappareling · UK participle present unapparelling · US participle past unappareled · US past unappareled · UK participle past unapparelled · UK past unapparelled

  1. obsoleteTo divest of clothing; to strip.

    That I can study thee, / And, by these meditations refin'd, / Can unapparel and enlarge my mind.

    a. 1631, John Donne, Obsequies to the Lord Harrington, Brother to the Lady Lucy, Countesse of Bedford

Origin

From un- + apparel.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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