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Disembellish
Disˊem-bel′lish
,Verb.
T.
[Pref.
dis-
+ embellish
: cf. F. désembellir
.] To deprive of embellishment; to disadorn.
Carlyle.
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disembellish
disembellish
English
Verb
disembellish (third-person singular simple present disembellishes, present participle disembellishing, simple past and past participle disembellished)
- (transitive) To deprive of embellishment; to disadorn.
- 1833-34 Thomas Carlyle, Sartor Resartus
- [G]ive it up, and weep, not that the reign of wonder is done, and God's world all disembellished and prosaic, but that thou hitherto art a Dilettante and sand-blind Pedant.
- 1833-34 Thomas Carlyle, Sartor Resartus