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UNFROCK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does unfrock mean?
• UNFROCK (verb)
The verb UNFROCK has 1 sense:
1. divest of the frock; of church officials
Familiarity information: UNFROCK used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they unfrock ... he / she / it unfrocks
Past simple: unfrocked
Past participle: unfrocked
-ing form: unfrocking
... he / she / it unfrocks Past simple: unfrocked
Past participle: unfrocked
-ing form: unfrocking
Sense 1
Meaning:
Divest of the frock; of church officials
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
defrock; unfrock
Hypernyms (to "unfrock" is one way to...):
disinvest; divest (deprive of status or authority)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Context examples
And also unfrocked.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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