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单词 unprison
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unprisonv.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈprɪzn/, U.S. /ˌənˈprɪzn/
Forms: see un- prefix2 and prison v.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix2, prison v.
Etymology: < un- prefix2 + prison v.
transitive. To free from prison. Frequently in extended use. Cf. unimprison v.
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society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > imprison [verb (transitive)] > release from prison
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decarcerate1973
a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. l. 3293 Therbellis king of Bulgarie..Justinian hath unprisoned.
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Discarcerare, to vnprison.
a1631 J. Donne Poems (1635) 192 Fire rose, and each from other but unty'd, Themselves unprison'd were and purify'd.
1633 T. Heywood Eng. Traveller iv. H 3 Now is the Goale deliuerie; Through this backe gate Shift for your selues, I heere vnprison all.
1794 T. Dwight Greenfield Hill ii. 33 Unprison'd thus from artificial joys, Where pomp fatigues, and fussful fashion cloys, The soul, reviving, loves to wander free.
1840 Village Churchman June 143 The lightning's flash that rends the sky, Unprisoning the storm.
1881 ‘M. Field’ Bellerophôn 134 I bade him unprison the boy from the arms That held him in darkness.
1933 J. Wheelwright Rock & Shell 29 Suck the honey unprisoned from the bee's cracked belly.
2006 M. C. J. Putnam tr. Horace in Poetic Interplay: Catullus & Horace 59 What god will be able to bring you release? Scarcely Pegasus will unprison you from the bonds of the threefold Chimaera.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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