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unˈcentre, v.
[un-2 5.]
trans. To remove from or as from a centre. Also refl.
1625T. Adams Serm. Wks. (1629) 944 Let the heart be vncentred from Christ, it is dead. 1642H. More Song of Soul iii. 3 For then we fell,..Uncentring our selves from our great stay. 1693Norris Pract. Disc. III. 195 To find herself loosen'd and uncenter'd from the Creature, and not lodg'd upon God. 1788Wesley Wks. (1872) VI. 447 Whatever uncentres the mind from God does properly dissipate us.
Hence unˈcentring vbl. n.
1669Address to hopef. yng. Gentry Eng. Ep. Ded. A 2 b, His vanity to promise the uncentring of that vast body and unweildy. |