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disbend en · VERB

Etymology

From dis- + bend.

Meanings

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

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