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† disaˈpparel, v. Obs.
[f. dis- 6 + apparel v.: perhaps after F. désappareiller (11th c. in Littré) cf. Sp. desaparejar to unharness, unrig, Pg. desaparelhar to unrig, unmast.]
trans. To deprive of apparel; to disrobe, undress. Also fig.
1580Sidney Arcadia iii. 336 Zelmane disapparelling herself. 1627–77Feltham Resolves i. lxxxiv. 128 The Cup is the betrayer of the mind, and does disapparel the soul. a1649Drummond of Hawthornden Cypress Grove Wks. (1711) 119 Every day we rise and lie down, apparel and disapparel our selves, weary our bodies and refresh them. 1652Benlowes Theoph. xiii. c. 249 Thus entertain we death, as friend To disapparel us for Glories endlesse end.
b. intr. for refl. Cf. undress.
1655H. Vaughan Silex Scint. i. (1858) 51 I'le disapparell, and to buy But one half glaunce most gladly dye. |