单词 | unseize |
释义 | † unseizev. Obsolete. 1. transitive. To detach from something held or that holds; spec. in hawking. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > loosen, unfasten, or untie [verb (transitive)] > loosen or weaken the attachment of > cause to lose hold unseize1575 slip1609 unclinga1711 1575 G. Turberville Bk. Faulconrie 95 When she hath fedde, take it from hir, and vnseaze hir. 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue i. To Vulgar Who is hee that can be so happy as to..unseaze himselfe from thy griping talons? 1635 F. Quarles Emblemes i. xii. 49 Be thy lips skrew'd so fast To th' earths full breast? For shame, for shame unseise thee. 1635 F. Quarles Emblemes i. xii. 49 Unseise thy lips. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Falcon To which if she come well, stoop roundly upon it, and hastly seize it, let her cast two or three bits thereon. That done, unseize, take her off the Lure and deliver her again to the Person that held her. 2. To let go, take one's hands off. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > hold or holding > releasing hold > let go (something held or grasped) [verb (transitive)] beleavea1250 leta1325 to let goc1384 to leave hold1556 to turn loose?1566 quita1586 unhand1603 relinquish1651 unseize1663 unfist1692 to leave go1776 unclasp1868 to loose hold1875 1663 S. Tuke Adventures of Five Hours i. 8 He, at the stroke, unseas'd me, and gave back. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < v.1575 |
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