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nudare [CL] 1 to expose, lay bare, uncover; b (part of body); c to unsheathe (sword); d to expose to attack. ~ata cruce [AS: gebarudre rode] dicant antiphonam RegulC 44; retectos, ~ato, abarude GlP 321. b capita vestra nolite ~are Comm. Cant. I 353; bibens nectar nudabat turpe veretrum Aldh. VirgV 2505; Pictavensem qui pene ad pudenda ~atus erat W. Malm. GR IV 383; auram ~ato capite liberius carpas Gir. TH I 35; unde Michol eum discoopertum et ~atum improperat tanquam si ~etur unus de scurris Ad. Dore Pictor 148; sicut pavo stellatum caude curvamen concavans anteriora ornat, posteriora vero turpiter ~at, ita ‥ Alb. Lond. DG 4. 5. c gladii ~abantur W. Malm. GR II 201; s1139 quoniam audirent, quidam etiam viderent, gladios circa se ~ari Id. HN 477 p. 34; venerant ‥ in loricis et galeis ensibusque ~atis V. Thom. B 46; quid enim per gladium qui post istos ~atur, nisi potestas ab eis usurpata datur intelligi? J. Ford Serm. 49. 7. d cuicunque discrimini terga ~are W. Malm. GR III 240; omnes incunctanter dorsa ~arent Ib. IV 357. 2 to strip, divest of clothing; b (w. acc. of clothing divested). qui eum ~aret et vestimentis suis spoliaret T. Chobham Praed. 150. b fratres ‥ comprehensos ‥ ~abant omnes vestes suas, et femoralia detrahebant Eul. Hist. Cont. III 407. 3 to strip; a (of vegetation); b (of hair or sim.). a arborem ~atam foliis novis induit Andr. S. Vict. Sal. 112. b hic plumis nudantur aves; perfusus et unda / sus fervente suum perdit abinde pilum L. Durh. Dial. II 483; solent ‥ etiam comis capita ~are Gir. DK I 11. 4 to strip (a place) bare. capsas sanctorum ~averunt W. Malm. GR IV 318; tegulis ‥ aereis fastigia aecclesiarum ~avit Ib. IV 356; ecclesias ‥ ornamentis ab antecessoribus editis ~avit Ord. Vit. VII 8 p. 190. 5 deprive of; a (w. abl.); b (w. ab & abl.). a regno ~atus in exilium concessit W. Malm. GR I 17; ~atos facultatum auxilio Ib. II 147; ut Andegavensem omni occasione ~aret Id. HN 519 p. 73. b facultatibus ~ati ab impiis Bede Prov. 991; mors sensus sepelit, os turpat rictibus / et nudat genulas a forme floribus Walt. Wimb. Sim. 83; 1334 se monstrant a veritate et racione ~atos Ockham Pol. III 16. 6 to discover, reveal. 1424 ~atis antiquis bundis cimiterii Mem. York II 108. 7 to divulge, expose (abstr.). crudelitate ~ata Gosc. Transl. Mild. 5 p. 160; occulta omnia ~abuntur Ailr. Inst. Inclus. 33; artes suas aperta fronte ~aret W. Malm. GR II 180; in secreta confessione symmyste suo rei veritatem de se ~avit J. Furness Walth. 66; s1376 sicut nuper quidam alius jugulatus fuerat in custodia carcerali, ne [per] responsa sua aliorum crimina ~arentur Chr. Angl. 82.

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