unbreastv.
transitive. To take or force out from the breast; to unbosom. Chiefly figurative.
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society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or reveal [verb (transitive)] > thoughts or feelings
unbuttonc1325
unbreast1559
unbosom1598
unbowel1649
eccentricate1708
to nail one's colours (also flag) to the mast (also masthead)1808
disbosom1868
unzip1939
uncap1980
the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > front > breast or breasts (of woman) > breast or breasts [verb (transitive)] > take from
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1559 W. Baldwin et al. Myrroure for Magistrates Richard II. f. xvii My fault wherin because mine vncle tolde..I found the meanes his bowels to vnbrest.
1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. i. xvii. 28 Feare then vnbreasts all wit, That in my minde did sit.
1633 P. Fletcher Piscatorie Eclogs iv. xxiv. 25 in Purple Island Could'st thou unmask their pomp, unbreast their heart, How would'st thou laugh at this rich beggerie!
1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island xii. lxiii. 174 Out from his mouth a two-edg'd sword he darts;..And with his keenest point unbreasts the naked hearts.
Derivatives
unˈbreasted adj.
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society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > [adjective] > disclosed or revealed
disclosea1393
overtc1400
discovered1537
outgrown1549
disclosed1579
uncased1598
unfolded1602
unclasped1609
unbreasted1610
undisguised1671
revealed1827
disburied1835
exhumed1840
unbared1879
1610 G. Fletcher Christs Victorie 78 To whose open eye The hearts of wicked men vnbrested lie.
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