† unfestv.
Obsolete.
transitive. To unfasten; to untie.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > loosen, unfasten, or untie [verb (transitive)]
unbindc950
undoc950
unleeseOE
breaka1225
unfest?c1225
leesea1325
loosena1382
unloosea1382
loose1388
resolvea1398
unlace?c1400
unfastenc1440
unloosen?a1475
to let slip1526
unbrace?1526
diffibulatea1538
unframe1567
unclit1587
undight1590
unclip1598
unclenchc1600
unreeve1600
unlock1609
ungrapple1611
unquilt1611
abstringe1623
renode1623
unspan1648
unfast1684
disengage1780
undub1807
unclap1846
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 162 Makeð him swiðe sturne..forto fonden ȝet ȝef ha muchte hire luue towart him unfestnen [c1230 Corpus unfestnin; a1250 Nero unuestnen].
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 651 Loke þy schip be vnfest, & þy folk be al prest.
1790 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. (ed. 2) Unfest, to untie.
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