Uncurb
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From un- + curb.
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