uncloak

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Definition of uncloak

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (transitive)To remove a cloak or cover from; to deprive of a cloak or cover; to unmask; to reveal.
    “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?”
    “She attended all our guests, most rigorously insisted on uncloaking and unshawling them, whether they would or not; […]”
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verb

  1. (transitive)To remove a cloak or cover from; to deprive of a cloak or cover; to unmask; to reveal.
    “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?”
    “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.
    “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)To become visible again by turning off a cloaking device.
    “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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Etymology

From un- + cloak.

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