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disfrock
disˈfrock, v. [f. dis- + frock n.: cf. OF. des-, deffroquer, and defrock.] trans. To deprive of the clerical garb, and hence of the clerical character; to unfrock. Hence disˈfrocked ppl. a.1837 Carlyle Fr. Rev. III. i. i. (1872) 4 Disfrocked Chabot adjures Heaven that at least we may ‘have done with...
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defrock
defrock, v. (dɪˈfrɒk) [a. F. défroquer, in 15th c. deffr-, f. des-, dé- (de- I. 6) + froque frock. Cf. disfrock.] trans. To deprive of the priestly garb; to unfrock. Hence defrocked (dɪˈfrɒkt) ppl. a.1581 J. Hamilton Facile Traict. (1600) 440 This defrokit frere..mariet a zoung las of xv zearis auld...
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dis-
dis- (ME. also dys-) prefix, of L. origin. [L. dis- was related to bis, orig. *dvis = Gr. δίς twice, from duo, δύο two, the primary meaning being ‘two-ways, in twain’.] In L., dis- was retained in full before c, p, q, s, t, sometimes before g, h, j, and usually before the vowels, where, however, it ...
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de-
de-, prefix The Latin adverb and preposition, used in combination with verbs, and their derivatives. A large number of verbs so formed lived on in French as popular words, or were taken over into the language in earlier or later times as learned words, and thence came into English, as dēcrēsc-ĕre, d...
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