unstiffen en · VERB
Etymology
From un- + stiffen.
Meanings
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To remove the stiffness from; to relax; to make pliant.
We stopped here about ten o'clock this morning, and I was so tired and stiff after the long night wedged in tight in the railway carriage that I got out to get some air and unstiffen myself, instinctively clutching my fiddle-case; and a Bavarian officer on the platform, watching the train with some soldiers, saw me and came over to me at once and demanded to see my papers.
1917, Alice Cholmondeley, Christine:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| unstiffens | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| unstiffened | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| unstiffened | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| unstiffening | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |