unswathe

[ uhn-swoth, -sweyth ]

/ ʌnˈswɒð, -ˈsweɪð /

verb (used with object), un·swathed, un·swath·ing.

to free from something that swathes: to unswath the child of her bandages.

Origin of unswathe

1350–1400; Middle English unswaden;see un-², swathe¹

OTHER WORDS FROM unswathe

un·swathe·a·ble, adjective

Words nearby unswathe

unsurpassed, unsurprised, unsuspected, unsuspecting, unsustainable, unswathe, unswear, unsweetened, unswerving, unsympathetic, unsystematized delusion

Example sentences from the Web for unswathe

This lamentation caused Joshua to unswathe the bandage about his eyes and he groaned louder and longer.
The Broken Sword|Dennison Worthington
Why should they not unswathe the world from its swaddling-clothes before an audience which would fill our largest halls?
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. XXIII.--April, 1852.--Vol. IV.|Various
"I will wait till to-morrow," said Northwick, and he began to unswathe and unbutton, but so feebly that Bird noticed.
The Quality of Mercy|W. D. Howells
Living beings were about to appear, pillagers of tombs, no doubt, come to unswathe them all!
Egypt (La Mort De Philae)|Pierre Loti

单词	unswathe
释义	unswathe [ uhn-swoth, -sweyth ] / ʌnˈswɒð, -ˈsweɪð / verb (used with object), un·swathed, un·swath·ing. to free from something that swathes: to unswath the child of her bandages. Origin of unswathe 1350–1400; Middle English unswaden;see un-², swathe¹ OTHER WORDS FROM unswathe un·swathe·a·ble, adjective Words nearby unswathe unsurpassed, unsurprised, unsuspected, unsuspecting, unsustainable, unswathe, unswear, unsweetened, unswerving, unsympathetic, unsystematized delusion Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for unswathe This lamentation caused Joshua to unswathe the bandage about his eyes and he groaned louder and longer. The Broken Sword\|Dennison Worthington Why should they not unswathe the world from its swaddling-clothes before an audience which would fill our largest halls? Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. XXIII.--April, 1852.--Vol. IV.\|Various "I will wait till to-morrow," said Northwick, and he began to unswathe and unbutton, but so feebly that Bird noticed. The Quality of Mercy\|W. D. Howells Living beings were about to appear, pillagers of tombs, no doubt, come to unswathe them all! Egypt (La Mort De Philae)\|Pierre Loti
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