▪ I. denudate, a.
(dɪˈnjuːdət, ˈdɛnjuːdət)
[ad. L. dēnūdāt-us, pa. pple. of dēnūdāre to denude.]
Denuded; naked, bare.
| 1866 Treas. Bot., Denudate, when a surface which has once been hairy, downy, etc., becomes naked. 1883 Syd. Soc. Lex., Denudate, stripped; naked. Applied to plants whose flowers have no flower-cup. |
▪ II. denudate, v.
(ˈdɛnjuːdeɪt, dɪˈnjuːdeɪt)
[f. ppl. stem of L. dēnūdāre, to denude. All the dicts. down to Smart 1849, stress deˈnudate: see note to contemplate.]
trans. To strip naked or bare; = denude.
| 1627–77 Feltham Resolves ii. xi. 182 Dionysia, a Noble Matron, was denudated and barbarously scourged. 1634 Sir T. Herbert Trav. 147 Painted..as be their feet and legs, both which are denudated in their dances. 1657 Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 261 The elder..is last denudated of its leaves. 1667 Decay Chr. Piety xix. §2. 363 Till he have thus denudated himself of all these encumbrances. 1816 Kirby & Sp. Entomol. (1843) I. 218 note, A perfect skeleton denudated of every fibril of muscle. |
Hence ˈdenudated ppl. a., ˈdenudating vbl. n. and ppl. a.
| 1672 Phil. Trans. VII. 5032 In the denudated parts of the lobe. 1849 Dana Geol. vii. (1850) 355 The denudating agents that could scoop out valleys. 1876 Davis Polaris Exp. App. 661 Glacial scratches..upon denudated surfaces. |