disbend

English

Etymology

From dis- +‎ bend.

Verb

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

References

• “disbend”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• debinds