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▪ I. † unˈbare, a. Obs.—1
[un-2 9.]
= unbared ppl. a.
1624Heywood Gunaik. viii. 391 The people stare To see my garments torne, and brests unbare.
▪ II. unˈbare, v. Now rare.
[un-2 9.]
trans. To lay bare, to expose to view. (Cf. bare v.)
1530Palsgr. 766/1, I unbare a thyng, je desnue. Ibid., Sythe I se the vysage, it is ynough, I wyll unbare nothing else. 1598Tofte Alba (1880) 108 Because thou seest myselfe with Love I cloathe, Another shall despoyle me and vnbare. 1615Sylvester Job Triumphant ii. 204 Destruction's Sword shall hunt him every hower, Consume his Sinews, and un-bare his Skin. 1630Lord Banians Ep. Ded. A 2 b, Not unbaring the roote of their guilt and criminalitie. 1650H. More Observ. in Enthus. Tri., etc. (1656) 108 He has not done that which is impossible to doe, unbare to us the very substance of the Form. 1858Farrar Eric ii. ii, The least boys seemed the greatest proficients in unbaring, without a blush, its hideous ugliness.
Hence unˈbared ppl. a., unˈbaring vbl. n.
1585Queen Elizabeth in Motley Netherl. (1868) I. vi. 340 This is no small succour, and no little unbaring of this realm of mine. a1665J. Goodwin Filled w. the Spirit (1867) 203 When there is an unbared arm of God, then the work is said to be done from heaven. 1879Farrar St. Paul (1883) 418 The unbared palpitations of his inmost being. |