unbrace en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /ʌnˈbɹeɪs/ (UK)
Etymology
From un- + brace.
Meanings
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(transitive) To undo, unfasten; to relax, loosen.
The knight emboyling in his haughtie hart, / Knit all his forces, and gan soone vnbrace / His grasping hold [...].
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| unbraces | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| unbraced | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| unbraced | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| unbracing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |