Dictionary

detense en · VERB

Etymology

From de- + tense.

Meanings

1. (ambitransitive) Synonym of untense
   • Such detensing from close eye work can also be combined with detensing the muscles that move the eyeball — look to the far right in the distance, then to the far left and far up. 1954, Dr. Donald A. Laird, “Relax!”, in Popular Mechanics, volume 101, number 1, page 163:
   • Rubber stamper detenses the surface, well that's great but it has to be repaired every time it hits a mine. Slinky and rubber stamper have to leap frog over each other. 2012 February 1, Kevin, “Calandar Day”, in sci.physics (Usenet):
   • However the advantages of cycling are not only monitary, there is better health, more opportunity to unwind and detense on the way home from work. There is also that little bit of satisfaction in making a trip, that is environmentally friendly. 2005 September 3, The Wogster, “More on Gas Prices”, in rec.bicycles.misc (Usenet):
   • In the remaining four sentences, Abe both detensed the main verb and deleted the auxiliary. 1974, Stanford University, Committee on Linguistics, Stanford University, Department of Linguistics (contributor), Papers and Reports on Child Language Development, page 69:

Forms

Synonyms

untense