uncloak

English

Etymology

un- + cloak

Verb

uncloak (third-person singular simple present uncloaks, present participle uncloaking, simple past and past participle uncloaked)

  1. (transitive) To remove a cloak or cover from; to deprive of a cloak or cover; to unmask; to reveal.
    • 1671, Richard Allestree, The Gentleman's Calling, page 124:
      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?
    • 1875, The Argosy, volume 19, page 453:
      She attended all our guests, most rigorously insisted on uncloaking and unshawling them, whether they would or not; []
  2. (intransitive) To remove one's cloak.
    • 1826, Allan Cunningham, Paul Jones: A Romance, volume 2, page 38:
      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.
  3. (intransitive, science fiction) To become visible again by turning off a cloaking device.
    • 2011, David Mack, Rise Like Lions (Star Trek: Mirror Universe):
      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.

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