v. Obs. [UN-2 3.] trans. To deprive of grace or beauty.

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1387.  Trevisa, Higden (Rolls), I. 11. Ȝif I … vnhiȝte [L. decolorarem] so noble a matire with grisbaitinge. Ibid. (1398), Barth. De P. R., IX. xxv. (Tollem. MS.). Nyȝte schulde nouȝe be all unhyȝte [L. indecora] by absence of þe sonne.

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