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unˈspar, v.
[un-2 3. Cf. Du. ontsperren, OHG. intsperran, -en (MHG. ent-, ensperren).]
trans. To unbar (a door, etc.); to open.
c1200Ormin 12158 Cristess þohht wass sperrd swa wel..Þatt naness kinness sinnfull lusst Ne mihhte itt næfre unnsperrenn. a1225Ancr. R. 70 Heo schal habben leaue to openen [MS. B. unsperren] hire þurl enes oðer twies. 1393Langl. P. Pl. C. xxi. 89 The blood sprang doun by þe sper, and vnsperrede þe knyghtes eyen. Ibid. 272 A spirit..bit vnsperre þe ȝates. a1542Wyatt in Tottel's Misc. (Arb.) 225 Lyke as the birde within the cage enclosed, The dore vnsparred, her foe the hawke without. 1599T. M[oufet] Silkwormes 12 How feately then vnsparred she the doore. 1611Cotgr., Desverouiller vn huis, to..vnsparre a doore. 1808Scott Marm. i. iv, Forty yeomen..The lofty palisade unsparr'd And let the drawbridge fall. |