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disbend

verb

Etymology

From dis- + bend.

  1. derived from *bʰendʰ-✻ — “to bind, tie”
  2. inherited from *bandijaną✻ — “to bend”
  3. inherited from *bandijan✻
  4. inherited from bendan — “to bind or bend (a bow), fetter, restrain”
  5. inherited from benden
  6. prefixed as disbend — “dis + bend”

Definitions

  1. To unbend (figurative senses)

    • Is it that God euen then, would hautie thoughts disbend?
    • You allegate the ſenseſ Diſbending cominous defects, In your abſurd pretence
    • Let not your zeale disbend, proove faithfull in your places

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA