unbrace

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ brace.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ʌnˈbɹeɪs/

Verb

unbrace (third-person singular simple present unbraces, present participle unbracing, simple past and past participle unbraced)

  1. (transitive) To undo, unfasten; to relax, loosen.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.iv:
      The knight emboyling in his haughtie hart, / Knit all his forces, and gan soone vnbrace / His grasping hold [...].
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