Nake
/neɪk/ verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To make naked; to bare. Scotland
"Come, be ready, nake your swords."
Synonyms
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More examples"Come, be ready, nake your swords."
Etymology
From Middle English naken (“to nake”), from Old English nacian (“to bare, strip, make naked”), from Proto-Germanic *nakwōną (“to make naked”), from Proto-Indo-European *nogʷ- (“to make naked”). Cognate with Old Norse nǫkkva (“to bare, expose”). More at naked.