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unˈpen, v.
[un-2 5. Cf. OE. onpennian, and unpend v.]
trans. To let out of, release from, a pen or enclosure.
a1592Greene Jas. IV, iv. iii, The lamb is vnpent, the fox shal preuaile. 1766Blackstone Comm. II. 395 If one obstructs another's antient windows,..fouls his water, or unpens or lets it out, &c. 1817J. F. Pennie Royal Minstr. ii. 10 Young David from the fold His..playful lambs unpenn'd. 1820Clare Poems (ed. 3) 127 The shepherd..Unpens and frees the captive sheep.
fig.1818Keats Endym. iii. 2 There are..who unpen Their baaing vanities, to browse away [etc.]. |