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unˈfasten, v.
Also 4 onvestne, 5 onfestyn.
[un-2 3 and 7.]
1. trans.
a. To unfix; to deprive of firmness or fixity; to make loose or slack. Also absol.
a1225Ancr. R. 252 Al his attente is uorte unuestnen heorten & fort to binimen luue, þet halt men togederes. 1382Wyclif Isaiah xiv. 27 The Lord forsothe of ostes demede, and who shal moun vnfastnen? 1532G. Hervet Xenophon's Househ. 55 b, Els the sonne dryinge the erthe away from the rootes of the plante, shulde lewse and vnfasten it, and so kyll it. 1597Shakes. 2 Hen. IV, iv. i. 209 Plucking to vnfixe an Enemie, Hee doth vnfasten so, and shake a friend. 1698Atterbury Serm. (1737) IV. 316 He must take care not to..come within reach of anything that may anyways unfasten his resolutions. 1736Carte Ormonde II. 373 The design of this proposal was, first to unfasten him, and then to lay him totally aside.
b. To detach; to undo or release.
c1440Promp. Parv. 365/1 Onfestyn, idem quod on losyn. a1586Sidney Arcadia ii. viii, He had no sooner unfastned his hold, but that a wave forcibly spoiled his weaker hand of hold. 1633T. James Voy. 14 We vnfastened our Ship, and came to saile. 1667Milton P.L. ii. 879 Then..every Bolt and Bar Of massie Iron or sollid Rock with ease [she] Unfast'ns. 1797Mrs. Radcliffe Italian xii, We will see whether my key cannot unfasten all the locks that hold it. 1862M. E. Braddon Lady Audley vii, Lady Audley was standing unfastening her dress. a1873Lytton in Life & Lett. (1883) I. 289 The man began to unfasten the boat.
fig.1655tr. Sorel's Com. Hist. Francion ii. 29 She..prayed me to come to her house as soon as I could unfasten my self from my Mistresse. 1840Browning Sordello i. 15 Not the more Is he unfastened from the earnest eyes Because that arras fell between! 1860J. W. Warter Sea-board II. 459 Unfastening, as it were, the links that bound the people to their Parish Church.
2. intr. To become detached or loose; to open; fig. to separate.
c1315Shoreham Poems i. 2093 Nou lestne: Ȝef þe oþer oþren so by-swykeþ, No moȝe hy nouȝt onuestne. c1430Pilgr. Lyf Manhode i. cxxvi. (1869) 67 The bocle holt and keepeth faste the girdel that it vnfastne nouht. 1865Swinburne Atalanta 91 From this time..My lips shall not unfasten till I die. 1963[see depressurize v.]. |