unbrace

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English

Etymology

From un- +‎ brace.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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  1. (transitive) To undo, unfasten; to relax, loosen.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.iv:
      The knight emboyling in his haughtie hart, / Knit all his forces, and gan soone vnbrace / His grasping hold [...].
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