uncloak

present singular third person uncloaks · participle present uncloaking · participle past uncloaked · past uncloaked

1. transitiveTo remove a cloak or cover from; to deprive of a cloak or cover; to unmask; to reveal.

   She attended all our guests, most rigorously insisted on uncloaking and unshawling them, whether they would or not; […]

   1875, The Argosy, volume 19, page 453

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   And will none have so much Charity, so much Zeal for publick Concern, as to uncloak this Impostour, and shew the dazled World what it is it thus bows to?

   1671, Richard Allestree, The Gentleman's Calling, page 124

   Synonyms: expose

2. intransitiveTo remove one's cloak.

   Nay, but my fireside's not the deck—I am mistress here; so let me uncloak thee." She seized his cloak, and, not without a slight resistance on his part, unclasped the collar, and threw it aside.

   1826, Allan Cunningham, Paul Jones: A Romance, volume 2, page 38

3. intransitiveliteratureTo become visible again by turning off a cloaking device.

   Don't try to target the Klingons as they uncloak, you won't have time. Just use the phasers to make a nofly zone between us and the Takagi.

   2011, David Mack, Rise Like Lions (Star Trek: Mirror Universe)

   Synonyms: decloak