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▪ I. denudate, a.|dɪˈnjuːdət, ˈdɛnjuːdət| [ad. L. dēnūdāt-us, pa. pple. of dēnūdāre to denude.] Denuded; naked, bare.
1866Treas. Bot., Denudate, when a surface which has once been hairy, downy, etc., becomes naked. 1883Syd. Soc. Lex., Denudate, stripped; naked. Applied to plants whose flowers have no flower-cup. ▪ II. denudate, v.|ˈdɛnjuːdeɪt, dɪˈnjuːdeɪt| [f. ppl. stem of L. dēnūdāre, to denude. All the dicts. down to Smart 1849, stress deˈnudate: see note to contemplate.] trans. To strip naked or bare; = denude.
1627–77Feltham Resolves ii. xi. 182 Dionysia, a Noble Matron, was denudated and barbarously scourged. 1634Sir T. Herbert Trav. 147 Painted..as be their feet and legs, both which are denudated in their dances. 1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 261 The elder..is last denudated of its leaves. 1667Decay Chr. Piety xix. §2. 363 Till he have thus denudated himself of all these encumbrances. 1816Kirby & Sp. Entomol. (1843) I. 218 note, A perfect skeleton denudated of every fibril of muscle. Hence ˈdenudated ppl. a., ˈdenudating vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1672Phil. Trans. VII. 5032 In the denudated parts of the lobe. 1849Dana Geol. vii. (1850) 355 The denudating agents that could scoop out valleys. 1876Davis Polaris Exp. App. 661 Glacial scratches..upon denudated surfaces. |