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unˈhinge, v.
[un-2 3.]
1. trans. To take (a door, etc.) off the hinges; to remove the hinges from; to open in this way.
1616A. Rich Cabinet 96 A house, whose chambers are full of cobwebbes; the dores vnhindged. 1634W. Wood New Eng. Prosp. (1865) 106 Our hogges having found a way to unhindge their barne doores. 1644Quarles Sheph. Orac. x, The arme that shall unhenge Th' incestuous gates of Sodom. 1674Jackson's Recantation A 2, I..perswaded my self that the Machinations of my Brain were able to un⁓hinge the Poles. 1775Mrs. Delany Life & Corr. Ser. ii. (1862) II. 108 That may still be done, and y⊇ box none the worse for it, or you may unhinge it and keep it in the top.
fig.1633G. Herbert Temple, Sunday vii, As Samson bore the doores away, Christs hands, though nail'd, wrought our salvation, And did unhinge that day.
b. transf. To unlock, unclose, open.
1624Quarles Job xv. 16 Would any..try a fall with Angels, and preuaile? Or with a Hymne, vnhinge the strongest Iayle? 1865A. J. Munby Verses New & Old 185, I will not once..Unhinge my jaws to speak again.
2. To unsettle, unbalance, or disorder (the mind, brain, etc.).
1612Shelton Quix. ii. xlvi. 303 The powerfull force of Loue Oft doth vnhindge the soule. 1663–70South Serm. (1715) IV. 306 Why should I then unhinge my Brains? 1690Nesse O. & N. Test. I. 60 Until another bad bargain happen..to unhinge his spirit again. 1764H. Walpole Otranto iv, Theodore..has unhinged the soul of Manfred. 1793Friendly Address to Poor 13 These plays..serve only to unhinge and disorder their minds. 1867Baker Nile Trib. xii. (1872) 215 The nerves of Mahomet were completely unhinged. 1885Law Times 7 Feb. 270/2 Study..had un⁓hinged the deceased's mind.
b. With personal object. Also in weaker sense: To upset.
1631Mabbe Celestina xvii. (1894) 254 The Blockhead hath swallowed the bayte; hee hath let her unhinge him. 1681H. More Postscr. Glanvill's Sadducismus 50 The Soul of Samuel might indeed have..so unhinged her, that she had been fit for nothing. 1719De Foe Crusoe ii. (Globe) 320 One Blow from unforeseen Providence unhing'd me at once. 1782F. Burney Cecilia iv. vi, The effort..has unhinged me for a fortnight! 1855Bain Senses & Int. iii. iii. §13 Some constitutions are rendered more alert and active by excitement, others are unhinged. 1888M. E. Braddon Fatal Three i. v, The very mention of sickness..had unhinged him.
c. To unsettle (opinions, etc.), to render uncertain or doubtful. Also with personal object.
1719De Foe Crusoe ii. (Globe) 320 But in the Middle of all this Felicity, one Blow from unforeseen Providence un⁓hing'd me at once; and..drove me [etc.]. 1770Priestley in Phil. Trans. LX. 197 The following experiments..quite unhinged me again, and left me as much at a loss as ever. 1782― Matt. & Spir. I. p. xxviii, When persons' minds are unhinged with respect to their opinions. 1831R. Blakey Free-will 28 Calculated..to unhinge our opinions on matters highly important to our interests. 1856Dove Logic Chr. Faith vi. §4. 352 Does any such fact unhinge our moral convictions?
3. To deprive of stability or fixity; to throw into confusion or disorder.
1664Lyttelton in Hatton Corr. (Camden) 37 Which wee doubt will unhinge all that trade we thought soe well settled. 1674N. Fairfax Bulk & Selv. 149 Our bounded wills not being of strength enough to unhinge Gods unbounded power. 1709T. Robinson Vind. Mosaick Syst. Introd. 5 To entertain such..Ideas of God..would certainly unhinge the Foundation of all Religion. 1760Ann. Reg., Hist. War 15/2 Any motion of his threatened to shake and unhinge the whole scheme of his defence. 1796M. Robinson Angelina I. 2 The extravagance of sordid connections..have so unhinged my finances. 1886Daily News 10 Dec. 2/4 The supplies are coming in very irregularly and unhinge the trade.
b. esp. To unsettle (some established order of things).
1679Hist. Jetzer Pref. A j b, That Principle which obliges them to unhinge, and overturn all Government. 1688Luttrell Brief Rel. (1857) I. 468 Restoring things to their old legall foundation, which hath been the work of some years past to unhinge. 1718Free-thinker No. 42. 306 The Luxury of a Nation does likewise unhinge the Publick Peace and Tranquillity. 1788Jefferson Writ. (1859) II. 372 The old system is unhinged, and no new one hung in its place. 1812Examiner 24 Aug. 533/2 Wages that unhinged all that order in society.
4. To detach, separate, or dislodge from something. † Also const. of.
1655Fuller Ch. Hist. xi. xvii. 145 These unhinge the day off from any Divine Right. 1680C. Nesse Church Hist. 463 Thus God by this providence unhing'd him of his Romish religion. 1713Blackmore Creation i. 233 And hills unhing'd from their deep roots depart. 1764Mem. G. Psalmanazar 14 Some other avocations..unhinged me from my method oftener than I wished. 1788Wesley Wks. (1872) VI. 447 Whenever the mind is unhinged from God. 1861Geo. Eliot Silas M. ii, Minds that have been unhinged from their old faith and love.
Hence unˈhinging vbl. n.
1661Feltham Resolves (ed. 8) i. iii. 181 The unhindging of the whole frame of Government. 1678Yng. Man's Call. 72 The unhinging of the whole man from things of nobler worth toward God. a1704T. Brown Wks. (1709) III. ii. 97 It portends..the unhinging of his Polish Majesty, or the beating of Prince Eugene out of Italy. 1850H. Martineau Hist. Peace II. v. vi. 313 The unhinging of society. 1886Athenæum 4 Dec. 742/1 The outcome of an entire unhinging of his system caused by physical fear. |