unmantle

U1N1M3A1N1T1L1E1

verb

To divest of a mantle; to uncover.

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Meanings

verbunmantle (third-person singular simple present unmantles, present participle unmantling, simple past and past participle unmantled)

present singular third person unmantles · participle present unmantling · participle past unmantled · past unmantled

  1. To divest of a mantle; to uncover.

    Meanwhile the earl, for he was of no inferior rank, returned his lady's caress with the most affectionate ardour, but affected to resist when she strove to take his cloak from him. “Nay,” she said, “but I will unmantle you[…]”

    1821 January 8, [Walter Scott], Kenilworth; a Romance. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; and John Ballantyne, […]; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC

Origin

From un- + mantle.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

unmental
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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