disbend

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English

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Etymology

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From dis- +‎ bend.

Verb

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disbend (third-person singular simple present disbends, present participle disbending, simple past and past participle disbent)

  1. (obsolete) To unbend (figurative senses)
    • 1613, William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling, An Elegie on the Death of Prince Henrie:
      Is it that God euen then, would hautie thoughts disbend?
    • a. 1645, William Lithgow, Rare Adventures and Paineful Peregrinations:
      You allegate the ſenseſ
      Diſbending cominous defects,
      In your abſurd pretence
    • 1635, David Lindsay, An eclog on the death of Patricke Forbes:
      Let not your zeale disbend, proove faithfull in your places

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