uncover

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

UNCOVER, verb transitive 1. To divest of a cover; to remove any covering from; a word of general use. 2. To deprive of clothes; to strip; to make naked. 3. To unroof; as a building. 4. To take off the hat or cap; to bare the head. 5. To strip of a vail, or of any thing that conceals; to lay open; to disclose to view.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI

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