uncloak
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uncloak
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Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Germanic *un-
Proto-West Germanic *un-
Old English un-
Middle English un-
English un-
English cloak
English uncloak
From un- + cloak.
verb uncloaks · uncloaking · uncloaked
- 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?
- 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.
- 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.
Similar: uncover
