unvest

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verb

To remove vestments (from).

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Meanings

verbunvest (third-person singular simple present unvests, present participle unvesting, simple past and past participle unvested)

present singular third person unvests · participle present unvesting · participle past unvested · past unvested

  1. ambitransitiveTo remove vestments (from).

    […] the Subdeacon lays aside his maniple, and then assists the Deacon to unvest the Bishop. Having taken off the Bishop's sandals and buskins, he will retire to unvest.

    1853, Giuseppe Baldeschi, Ceremonial According to the Roman Rite, page 106

Origin

un- + vest

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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