unfasten
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Verb
[edit]unfasten (third-person singular simple present unfastens, present participle unfastening, simple past and past participle unfastened)
- (transitive) To detach from any connecting agency oder link; to disconnect.
- c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:
- He doth unfasten so and shake a friend.
- (intransitive) To come unloosed or untied.
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[edit]to detach from any connecting agency or link — see also disconnect
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to come unloosed or untied
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References
[edit]- “unfasten”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.