disrobing

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disrobing - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Disrobe \Dis*robe"\ (?; see Dis-), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p.
     Disrobed; p. pr. & vb. n. Disrobing.]
     To divest of a robe; to undress; figuratively, to strip of
     covering; to divest of that which clothes or decorates; as,
     autumn disrobes the fields of verdure.
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           Two great peers were disrobed of their glory. --Sir H.
                                                    Wotton.
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