2. To divest of ornaments to disrobe.

3. (Med.) To take the dressing, or covering, from; as, to undress a

wound.

Un"dress (?), n. 1. A loose, negligent dress; ordinary dress, as

distinguished from full dress.

2. (Mil. & Naval) An authorized habitual dress of officers and

soldiers, but not full-dress uniform.

Undress parade (Mil.), a substitute for dress parade, allowed in bad

weather, the companies forming without arms, and the ceremony being

shortened.

Un*du"bi*ta*ble (?), a. Indubitable; as, an undubitable principle.

[Obs.] Locke.

Un*due" (?), a. 1. Not due; not yet owing; as, an undue debt, note, or

bond.

2. Not right; not lawful or legal; improper; as, an undue proceeding.

Bacon.

3. Not agreeable to a rule or standard, or to duty; disproportioned;

excessive; immoderate; inordinate; as, an undue attachment to forms; an

undue rigor in the execution of law.

Undue influence (Law), any improper or wrongful constraint,

machination, or urgency of persuasion, by which one's will is overcome

and he is induced to do or forbear an act which he would not do, or

would do, if left to act freely. Abbott.

Un*due"ness, n. The quality of being undue.

Un*duke" (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + duke.] To deprive of dukedom.

Swift.

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