discloak
English
Etymology
Verb
discloak (third-person singular simple present discloaks, present participle discloaking, simple past and past participle discloaked)
- (obsolete) To remove a cloak from.
- 1600 (first performance), Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Cynthias Reuels, or The Fountayne of Selfe-Loue. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, →OCLC:
- Now go in, discloak yourself, and come forth
- To reveal; to uncover
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References
- “discloak”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.