discase

English

Etymology

dis- +‎ case

Verb

discase (third-person singular simple present discases, present participle discasing, simple past and past participle discased)

1. (archaic) To strip; to undress (remove cclothes)
   • 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:

     I will discase me, and myself present,
     As I was sometime Milan.

2. (archaic) To remove; to lay bare
   • 1809, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Friend:

     discasing the hearts of all the families within their sphere of influence

Translations

to strip, to undress

• Russian: разде́ть (ru) n (razdétʹ), разоблачи́ть (ru) n (razoblačítʹ)

References

• “discase”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• caseids

Spanish

Verb

discase

1. first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of discar