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单词 unray
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unrayv.1

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈreɪ/, U.S. /ˌənˈreɪ/
Forms: see un- prefix2 and ray v.1
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix2, ray v.1
Etymology: < un- prefix2 + ray v.1 (compare sense 3 at that entry).
Now rare. In later use English regional (south-western) or archaic.
1. transitive. To divest (someone) of clothes; to undress, strip. Frequently reflexive.In quot. 1580: to remove (one's clothing).
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > undressing or removing clothing > undress or remove clothing [verb (transitive)] > strip or undress a person
to dight nakedc1200
stripa1225
unclothec1300
nakea1350
despoilc1386
spoilc1386
spoila1400
uncleada1400
undighta1400
unarray14..
disarrayc1425
disattire?1473
unray1485
uncover1530
tirr1553
disclothe1570
disvesture1570
uncoat1571
uncase1576
unapparel1577
disrobe1590
unrig1591
unbusk1596
unstrip1596
untire1597
devest1598
unparel1603
unshale1604
unvest1609
disapparel1610
flaya1616
undress1615
disinvest1619
disvest1627
despoil1632
blanch1675
unpack1765
ungarment1805
peel1820
divest1848
divesture1854
1485 Device Coronation Henry VII in W. Jerdan Rutland Papers (1842) 16 The King shalbe vnraied and vnclothed by his Chamberlayn.
1494 Love's Speculum Vite Cristi (Pynson) xiv. sig. eviiv Nowe take we here good hede howe that high lorde of mageste vnraieth him and doth of his clothes.
?1555 Image of Idlenesse xiv. sig. F.iiiiv He vnrayed hym selfe to his bare shyrte.
1580 A. Saker Narbonus i. 98 Shee willed him to vnray his Robes.
1589 W. Wren in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations i. 143 One of the Spaniards vnraied himselfe, and lept into the water.
1605 R. Buckland tr. St. Victor Memorable Hist. Persecution in Africke iii. iv. 93 They willed her first to be vnrayed, and made ready for cudgels.
1661 Tom Tyler & his Wife 10 Come on and unray thee.
1914 Windsor Mag. Jan. 270/2 The moment she unrayed herself and went to bed, he'd bawl out for food.
2. intransitive. English regional (south-western) To undress oneself.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > undressing or removing clothing > undress or remove clothing [verb (reflexive)]
stripa1225
spoila1382
unclothea1382
despoil1388
spoila1395
undighta1400
uncase1576
disrobe1581
unreadya1586
untire1597
devest1598
discasea1616
undressa1616
disvest1627
doff1697
tirr1787
unray1825
divest1848
undrape1869
unrind1872
shuck1897
1825 J. Jennings Observ. Dial. W. Eng. 78 To Unray To undress.
1867 W. F. Rock Jim an' Nell lxxix. 23 Zum..chap 'll help thee to unray.
1873 W. P. Williams & W. A. Jones Gloss. Somersetshire 39 Unray, to undress, ex. I do ston to ray, and I do ston to unray.
1895 T. Hardy Jude vi. ix. 499 I be old and slow, and it takes me a long while to un-ray.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

unrayv.2

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix2, ray v.2
Etymology: < un- prefix2 + ray v.2
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To remove radiance from (something), to put in the shade.
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the world > matter > light > shine [verb (transitive)] > emit rays > not
unray1824
1824 J. Telfer Border Ballads 133 The letters shone With such effulgence, that they half-unray'd Some minor names.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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