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English
Etymology
From dis- + case.
Verb
discase (third-person singular simple present discases, present participle discasing, simple past and past participle discased)
- (archaic) To strip; to undress (remove cclothes)
1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :I will discase me, and myself present,
As I was sometime Milan.
- (archaic) To remove; to lay bare
1809, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Friend:discasing the hearts of all the families within their sphere of influence
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Verb
discase
- first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of discar