uncurb en · VERB
Etymology
From un- + curb.
Meanings
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to remove restrictions from, to render free from restraints
The "Cape Malay", a people of whom I had never heard before our arrival, grasped eagerly at the demoralizing doctrine of a plurality of wives, and crowded around the sacred men who could uncurb the bit of sensuality and render null and void the restraining laws of bigamy.
2009, My Last Cruise, Alexander Habersham, →ISBN, page 35:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| uncurbs | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| uncurbed | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| uncurbed | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| uncurbing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |