Unbrace

//ʌnˈbɹeɪs// verb

verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To undo, unfasten; to relax, loosen. transitive

    "The knight emboyling in his haughtie hart, / Knit all his forces, and gan soone vnbrace / His grasping hold [...]."

  2. 2
    remove a brace or braces from wordnet
  3. 3
    remove from tension wordnet
  4. 4
    undo the ties of wordnet

Synonyms

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abateattenuatebatebluntcrampcripple

Example

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"The knight emboyling in his haughtie hart, / Knit all his forces, and gan soone vnbrace / His grasping hold [...]."

Etymology

From un- + brace.

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