untent

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ tent.

Verb

untent (third-person singular simple present untents, present participle untenting, simple past and past participle untented)

1. (transitive) To bring out of a tent.
   • c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:

     Why, will he not, upon our fair request,
     Untent his person, and share the air with us?

References

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