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unˈcurtain, v.
[un-2 4.]
trans. To remove a curtain or veil from; to disclose or reveal. Also refl.
1628Feltham Resolves ii. l. 147 The honest man will rather be a graue to his neighbours failes, then any way vncurtaine them. 1659W. Chamberlayne Pharonnida iii. 186 She in these words uncurtains mystick Fate. 1817Moore Lalla Rookh, Veiled Prophet 766 Now thou seest my soul's angelic hue, 'Tis time these features were uncurtain'd too. 1858Carlyle Fredk. Gt. ix. x. II. 499 Watching the great War-theatre uncurtain itself in this manner, from Dantzig down to Naples. 1887Bowen æneid iv. 120 When Phœbus at earliest morn..with radiant light uncurtains the land.
absol.1897‘O Rhoscomyl’ White Rose Arno 242 The tender smile of Night's white queen uncurtained to the world. |