nake
verb/neɪk/
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.
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Scotland To make naked; to bare.
- Come, be ready, nake your swords.1606, Thomas Middleton, The Revenger's Tragedy, act 4, scene 4: