unripv.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈrɪp/, U.S. /ˌənˈrɪp/ 1. † b. transitive. To break (a seal); to open (a sealed document). Obsolete.
a. transitive. To cut or slash (something), esp. with a sharp instrument; to tear open or apart; to rip. Also figurative and in figurative contexts. Now rare.Use of this word has been criticized by some commentators: see quots. 1708 and 1880.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > open [verb (transitive)] > cut open
openOE
to-slita1250
undoc1440
unrip1481
to cut open1786
1481 (a1470) J. Tiptoft tr. Cicero De Amicicia (Caxton) sig. c5v Suche frendshippis..shold rather be vnripped, than rente asondre.
1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 111v So have I..somewhat vnlaced or vnripped, some of the Seames of the thirde quarter of Philosophies attire or aray.
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III i. iv. 202 [Thou] Didst breake that vowe, and with thy trecherous blade, Vnripst the bowels of thy soueraignes sonne. View more context for this quotation
1602 B. Jonson Poetaster iii. iv. sig. E4v You should ha' seene me vnrip their noses now, and haue sent 'hem to the next Barbers, to stitching. View more context for this quotation
1614 J. Cooke Greenes Tu Quoque sig. E1 Had'st thou not vnrip't thy selfe to me, I should neuer haue knowne thee.
a1652 A. Wilson Inconstant Lady (1814) iv. iii. 83 Thy lookes are full of honestie; I dare Vnrip my breast to thee.
1708 Brit. Apollo 27–29 Oct. Though the word Unrip is a Barbarous, improper Word, yet doth it bear the same Signification as Rip.
1743 H. Fielding Jonathan Wild iv. x, in Misc. III. 356 He unript the Lining of his Wastcoat, and pulled forth several Jewels.
1783 Crit. Rev. Aug. 127 All these facts, unripped from each other, elude my recollection.
1837 F. Marryat Snarleyyow (ed. 2) I. xi. 135 They..proceeded to unrip them [sc. bags].
1863 M. E. Braddon Aurora Floyd II. vii. 203 He took his clasp-knife..[and] carefully unripped a part of one of the seams in the waistcoat.
1880 L. S. Floyer Plain Hints Examiners Needlework 106 To say un-rip, as is often heard, is at least manifestly wrong, to describe the act of tearing open.
1901 E. R. Suffling Innocents on Broads i. 13 [He] soon succeeded in unripping the side of his receptacle and freeing his hands from their sackcloth environments.
1940 W. E. Davis Ten Years in Congo 159 A lot of them are able..to make a fairly good copy of a pair of pants without even unripping the seams of the original pair.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > open [verb (transitive)] > unseal
unsealc1425
unrip1583
1583 R. Greene Mamillia i. f. 26v His daughter..receiuing the Letter, could scarcely stay to vnrip the seale, while she came in her closet.
1633 J. Ford 'Tis Pitty shee's Whore v. sig. I2 Friar. Looke there, 'tis writt to thee. (Giues the letter.) Gio. From whom? Friar. Vnrip the seales and see.
1634 T. Heywood Maidenhead Lost i. f. 47v His seal'd Commission He had vnript.
1685 A. Behn Love Lett. between Noble-man & Sister: 2nd Pt. 266 'Tis seal'd so it must be known if you unrip it.
2. transitive. To remove tiles from (a building or roof). Also with the tiles as object. Cf. rip v.1 3b. Now rare and English regional.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > damage > damage or injure [verb (transitive)] > damage deliberately or vandalize > gut or remove things from a building, etc.
unripa1513
tirr1553
discover1563
unfloor1589
unpinion1593
unbottom1598
unbrick1598
unpave1598
unroof1598
unslate1598
untop1598
flay1636
unplank1646
gut1688
unmantle1828
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. lxxxv [They] vnryppyd the howse in dyuers places that the Rayne and other wederynage myght entre.
1543 BL. Add. MS 10,109 f. 84 Serchyng, vnryppyng, new tylyng and poyntyng ouer the west syde of the quenes pallett chambre.
1660 G. Tooke Eagle-trussers Elegie 5 Unrip the tyles Of sumptuous Rachine, thatch it now with quils Of wrathfull Porpentines.
1779 Gen. Evening Post 2 Jan. The high wind..has..partly unripped some houses.
1840 Visct. Maidstone in Keepsake 238 The wind..stripped our châlet of most of the great stones laid upon the wooden tiles, and nearly unripped the roof.
1887 W. D. Parish & W. F. Shaw Dict. Kentish Dial. 129 To unrip the roof of a stable or outbuilding, is to take off the tiles, slates, &c.
3. † a. transitive. To bring to light or notice; to expose to view; to rake up. Obsolete.† c. transitive. To undo, annul. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > finding or discovery > find or discover [verb (transitive)] > by searching or tracking down > and bring to light
to search outc1425
to hunt out1576
unrip?1576
to ferret out1577
to fetch up1608
fish1632
prog1655
rummage1797
rout1814
exhume1819
excavate1840
ferret up1847
unearth1863
fossick?1870
exhumate1881
?1576 A. Hall Let. touchyng Priuate Quarell sig. e.iij Sir Henry Kneuet vnripped parte of maister Malleries behauiour to maister Hall.
1577 Sir W. Drury in E. Spenser Compl. Wks. (1882) I. 66 I would not seem to unrip old matters.
1591 Troublesome Raigne Iohn i. sig. A4 Before I once open my mouth to vnrippe the shamefull slaunder of my parents.
1615 R. Brathwait Strappado 211 For many Errors and fowle crimes I knowe..Which ile in part, vnrip, and so make cleere.
1633 J. Ford 'Tis Pitty shee's Whore iii. sig. F3 v You haue vnript a soule, so foule and guilty,..I maruaile how The earth hath borne you vp.
1828 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pelham III. xi. 203 My shrinking and loathing aversion to whatever seemed likely to unrip the secret history of the past.
1840 J. S. Polack Manners & Customs New Zealanders II. vi. 63 Bravadoes are interchanged, old grievances are unripped, and the debaters separate in a fury.
b. transitive. To disclose, divulge (a hidden thought, feeling, or intention). Now rare.
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society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or reveal [verb (transitive)]
unwryc825
unhelec1000
to draw forthc1175
unhillc1200
to bring forth?c1225
unsteekc1250
let witc1275
uncovera1300
wraya1300
knowc1300
barea1325
shrivec1374
unwrapc1374
again-covera1382
nakena1382
outc1390
tellc1390
disclosea1393
cough1393
unhidea1400
unclosec1400
unhaspc1400
bewrayc1405
reveal1409
accusea1413
reveil1424
unlocka1425
unrekec1425
disclude?1440
uncurec1440
utter1444
detect1447
break1463
expose1483
divinec1500
revelate1514
to bring (also put) to light1526
decipher1529
rake1547
rip1549
unshadow1550
to lay to sight1563
uppen1565
unlace1567
unvisor?1571
resign1572
uncloak1574
disshroud1577
spill1577
reap1578
unrip1579
scour1585
unharboura1586
unmask1586
uncase1587
descrya1591
unclasp?1592
unrive1592
discover1594
unburden1594
untomb1594
unhusk1596
dismask1598
to open upc1600
untruss1600
divulge1602
unshale1606
unbrace1607
unveil1609
rave1610
disveil1611
unface1611
unsecret1612
unvizard1620
to open up1624
uncurtain1628
unscreen1628
unbare1630
disenvelop1632
unclothe1632
to lay forth1633
unshroud1633
unmuffle1637
midwife1638
dissecret1640
unseal1640
unmantle1643
to fetch out1644
undisguise1655
disvelop1658
decorticate1660
clash1667
exert1692
disinter1711
to up with1715
unbundlea1739
develop1741
disembosom1745
to open out1814
to let out1833
unsack1846
uncrown1849
to bring (out) in (also into) the open1861
unfrock1866
disbosom1868
to blow the lid off1928
flush1950
surface1955
to take or pull the wraps off1964
1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 838 When he beganne to vnrippe his whole intents and practises..he..offended the Senate.
1598 J. Marston Certaine Satyres in Metamorph. Pigmalions Image 40 Delphick Apollo, ayde me to vnrip, These intricate deepe Oracles of wit.
1615 R. Brathwait Loves Labyrinth 15 in Strappado Her blush, her smile, her biting of her lip, Did all the secrets of her hart vnrippe.
1655 J. Davies tr. M. de Scudéry Clelia I. i. i. 79 I would not have unript my thoughts to you in this occasion, if I had not imagined to oblige you to compassionate my feebleness.
1755 T. Smollett tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote II. iii. xvi. 296 You may unrip, and unload, all that lies upon your sorrowful heart.
1928 J. M. Barrie Peter Pan ii, in Plays 42 Unrip your plan, Captain.
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the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > cancellation, revocation > annul, cancel, revoke [verb (transitive)]
fordoOE
allayOE
withdrawc1290
withclepe13..
again-callc1390
to call againc1390
repealc1390
revokec1400
unmakec1400
rive1415
annulc1425
abroge1427
uncommandc1430
discharge?a1439
retreatc1443
retract1501
cancela1513
abrogate?1520
dissolve1526
extinct1531
rescind1531
abrenounce1537
infringe1543
recall1565
unwrite1577
extinguish1590
exauctorate1593
relinquish1594
unact1594
to strike off1597
undecide1601
unpass1606
to take off1609
to draw back1610
reclaim1615
to put back1616
abrenunciate1618
unrip1622
supersedeate1641
to set off1642
unassure1643
unorder1648
to ask away1649
disdetermine1651
unbespeak1661
undecree1667
reassumea1675
off-break1702
circumduct1726
raise1837
resiliate1838
denounce1841
disorder1852
pull1937
1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 176 Hee could not now with his Honour so vnrippe, and (in a sort) put a Lye vpon all that hee had said and done before.
Derivatives
unˈripping n. now rare
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society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > [noun]
discoveringa1375
nakeninga1382
bewrayingc1386
detection1471
discoverture?1473
revelationc1485
disclosinga1513
disclosurea1525
disclose1548
overture1548
patefaction1553
displaying1556
discovery1567
unripping1568
revealment1576
discoverment1578
retection1581
unmaskinga1586
unclasping?1592
denudation1593
untrussing1597
uncovering1598
detecting1604
divulging1604
divulgation1610
unvizardinga1628
exposinga1631
divulgement1632
unbowellinga1639
unfolding1646
revealinga1649
unrolling1648
pre-discovery1653
discoverance1664
unshelling1670
development1760
unveilinga1774
disclosal1786
displayment1801
divulgence1851
revelationism1854
unbosoming1910
uncovery1963
the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > [noun] > action or process of opening > by ripping
unripping1568
1568 T. North tr. A. de Guevara Dial Princes (rev. ed.) iv. ix. f. 131 At the fyrst showe they seeme very easy to the Iudge, but when they come to vnripping of the matter, to iudge of them, then they are matters of great charge and consciens.
1641 J. Milton Animadversions 8 Such an unripping, such an Anatomie of the shiest, and tenderest particular truths.
1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry 144 Let down the Bag by unripping of the Hoop.
1833 T. C. Croker My Village viii. 124 I would seek Betty Scrubbet, and, perhaps, she could manage to take them [sc. window blinds] down for unripping.
1971 P. A. Jorgensen Our Naked Frailties v. 72 There is an unripping of the naked belly so that the bowels gush forth.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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