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unshut en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ʌnˈʃʌt/ (UK)

Etymology

From un- + shut.

Meanings

1. (archaic) To open (a door, window etc.).
   • ANd anone as he had vnshet the wyndowe the enchaūtement was gone / thēne he knewe hym self that he had done amys / Allas he sayd that I haue lyued so long now I am shamed / Soo thenne he gat his swerd in his hand and said thow traitresse what arte thow that I haue layn by alle this nyghte / thow shalt dye ryghte here of my handes 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “iij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book XI:

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