unwhipv.
1. transitive. To cast loose smartly.
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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)] > and release
loose1382
abandon1582
to cast loosec1600
disengage1662
enfranchise1682
unwhip1683
release1807
1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 237 Before the Cords are unwhipt from the Pages.
2. transitive. To undo or reverse the action of whipping (a person).
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1896 Globe 19 Dec. 1/4 It would have been as easy to take the stripes as to unwhip those boys.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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