"disharness" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: disharnesses [present, singular, third-person], disharnessing [participle, present], disharnessed [participle, past], disharnessed [past]
Etymology: Middle English disharneisen, or dis- + harness. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|disharneisen}} Middle English disharneisen, {{af|en|dis-|harness}} dis- + harness Head templates: {{en-verb}} disharness (third-person singular simple present disharnesses, present participle disharnessing, simple past and past participle disharnessed)
  1. To take off one's armor; to strip off one's armor. Categories (topical): Armor

Inflected forms

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