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Quotation dates: 1399-1400, 1498-1533
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(Nake,) v. P.t. nakit, -yt. [ME. (Chaucer) and e.m.E. nake, but more freq. p.t. nakid (14th c.), -ed, f. Nakit a. apprehended as a p.p. Cf. Nakyn v.] a. tr. To denude, deprive (another) of something. lit. and fig. b. reflex. To make oneself naked, to strip. c. reflex. To divest oneself of (clothes, weapons, etc.)a. a1499 Contemplacioun of Synnaris 223 (H).
He nakit him of ane e 1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. 135 (E).
Write thir frenesyis Quhilks of thy sempill cunning nakit théb. a1400 Legends of the Saints i. 31.
He … hym nakyt swith And of the bate he lapec. 1533 Bell. Livy I. 65/20.
Quhen thai wer cummyn to the said rivere, ane parte … schamefully nakit thame self of thare wapynnys 1533 Ib. 140/27.
[He] nakit him … of al ornamentis pertenyng to the dignite consular 1533 Ib. II. 27/19.
He nakit him of his abulȝementis
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