uncloak

From un- +‎ cloak.

uncloak (third-person singular simple present uncloaks, present participle uncloaking, simple past and past participle uncloaked)

1. (transitive) To remove a cloak or cover from; to deprive of a cloak or cover; to unmask; to reveal.
   • 1671, Richard Allestree, The Gentleman's Calling, page 124:

     And will none have so much Charity, so much Zeal for publick Concern, as to uncloak this Impostour, and shew the dazled World what it is it thus bows to?

   • 1875, The Argosy, volume 19, page 453:

     She attended all our guests, most rigorously insisted on uncloaking and unshawling them, whether they would or not; […]

2. (intransitive) To remove one's cloak.
   • 1826, Allan Cunningham, Paul Jones: A Romance, volume 2, page 38:

     Nay, but my fireside's not the deck—I am mistress here; so let me uncloak thee." She seized his cloak, and, not without a slight resistance on his part, unclasped the collar, and threw it aside.

3. (intransitive, science fiction) To become visible again by turning off a cloaking device.
   • 2011, David Mack, Rise Like Lions (Star Trek: Mirror Universe):

     Don't try to target the Klingons as they uncloak, you won't have time. Just use the phasers to make a nofly zone between us and the Takagi.

• (reveal): expose, uncover; see also Thesaurus:reveal
• (remove one's cloak):
• (become visible again): decloak

• (antonym(s) of “all”): becloak, cloak
• (antonym(s) of “reveal”): cover, hide

• (remove one's cloak): divest, doff; see also Thesaurus:undress