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unˈbreast, v.
[un-2 5.]
trans. To take or force out from the breast; to unbosom. Chiefly fig.
1559Mirr. Mag. (1563) C vii, My fault wherein because mine vncle tolde..I found the meanes his bowels to vnbrest. 1603Florio Montaigne i. xvii. 28 Feare then vnbreasts all wit, That in my minde did sit. 1631P. Fletcher Pisc. Eclogs iv. xxiv, Could'st thou unmask their pomp, unbreast their heart, How would'st thou laugh at this rich beggerie! 1633― Purple Isl. xii. lxiii, Out from his mouth a two-edg'd sword he darts;..And with his keenest point unbreasts the naked hearts.
Hence unˈbreasted ppl. a.
1610G. Fletcher Christ's Tri. ii. xl, To whose open eye The hearts of wicked men unbrested lie. |