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unˈwarp, v. [un-2 3.] trans. a. To uncoil, straighten out. b. To restore from being warped or prejudiced.[In the transl. of Maison Neuve's Gerileon (1583) i. 64 b, app. a misprint for vnwrap, rhyming with hap.] a1659Osborne Essex's Death Wks. 239 This had not been said, but..to unwarp their judgements..that may be drawn aside, by the goodness of Sir Henry Woottons parts. 1670Evelyn Sylva (ed. 2) xxv. 122 When the bark is off, they unwarp it before the fire. 1733Hervey Mem. Geo. II. (1848) I. 257 The Queen herself was enough prejudiced too on this side, till Sir Robert Walpole unwarped her from it. 1802Leyden Mermaid xii, Unwarp, unwind his oozy coils. |