unwarpv.
transitive.
1. To uncoil, straighten out. [In the translation of Maison Neuve's Gerileon (1583) i. 64 b, apparently a misprint for vnwrap, rhyming with hap.]
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the world > space > shape > straightness > make straight [verb (transitive)]
unfoldc890
evenOE
rightc1275
rectifyc1475
straight1530
unbow1538
straighten1542
unarch1598
uncrisp1598
uncurl1598
undouble1611
untuck1611
unwind1614
bendc1616
unbend1663
unwarp1670
evolve1689
unwrap1859
unkink1891
dekink1957
1670 J. Evelyn Sylva (ed. 2) xxv. 122 When the bark is off, they unwarp it before the fire.
1802 J. Leyden Mermaid xii Unwarp, unwind his oozy coils.
2. To restore from being warped or prejudiced.
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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > absence of prejudice > occupy the middle [verb (transitive)] > free from bias
unwarp1659
unbias1708
1659 F. Osborne Deductions Hist. Essex in Misc. Sundry Ess. 239 This had not been said, but..to unwarp their judgements..that may be drawn aside, by the goodness of Sir Henry Woottons parts.
1733 Ld. Hervey Mem. (1848) I. 257 The Queen herself was enough prejudiced too on this side, till Sir Robert Walpole unwarped her from it.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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