disrobe

From Middle French desrober, from des- (“dis-”) + rober.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈɹəʊb/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈɹoʊb/
• Rhymes: -əʊb

disrobe (third-person singular simple present disrobes, present participle disrobing, simple past and past participle disrobed)

1. (transitive) To undress someone or something.

   Synonyms: dismantle, divest, strip, unclothe, uncover, undress

   • 2020, “House Music All Night Long”, in Beyond the Pale, performed by Jarvis Cocker:

     Goddamn this claustrophobia / 'Cause I should be disrobin’ ya

2. (intransitive) To undress oneself.

   Synonyms: strip, get undressed

   The doctor asked the patient to disrobe before her examination.

   • 1977 May 18, Ken Murrah, “'Champagne Complex' Is Simply Hilarious”, in The Daily Press:

     It concerns a young woman (played by Wendy Rieger) with a rather curious problem: she starts to disrobe every time she drinks champagne.

• enrobe

• disrobement

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

• Brodies, beroids, boreids, borides, brodies