to divest of a shroud or something that shrouds or hides
to unshroud a corpse
to unshroud a mystery
Word origin
[1575–85; un-2 + shroud]This word is first recorded in the period 1575–85. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: formula, recall, shelter, snug, stripperun- is a prefix freely used in English to form verbs expressing a reversal of some actionor state, or removal, deprivation, release, etc. (unbend; uncork; unfasten; etc.), or to intensify the force of a verb already having such a meaning (unloose)