uncentreuncenterv.
transitive. To remove from or as from a centre. Also reflexive.
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the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > (as) from a centre
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the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (reflexive)] > from centre
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1625 T. Adams Holy Choice 66 Let the heart bee vncentred from Christ, it is dead.
1647 H. More Philos. Poems 256 For then we fell,..Uncentring our selves from our great stay.
1693 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. III. 195 To find her self loosen'd and uncenter'd from the Creature, and not lodg'd upon God.
1788 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) VI. 447 Whatever uncentres the mind from God does properly dissipate us.
Derivatives
unˈcentring n.
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the world > space > place > removal or displacement > [noun] > (as) from a centre
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off-centring1947
1669 Addr. Hopeful Young Gentry Ep. Ded. sig. A 2v His vanity to promise the uncentring of that vast body and unweildy.
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