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unˈstrain, v. [un-2 3.] trans. To free from strain; to relax. Chiefly fig.
1616B. Jonson Masques, Love freed fr. Ignorance, 'Lesse they could the knot vn-straine Of a riddle, which she put. 1650Fuller Pisgah ii. xi. 236 Since which time the Levites had unstrained their credit by their exemplary zeale against the Idolaters. 1843E. Jones Sens. & Event 120 Omnipotent sleep shall thy life unstrain. 1883R. Haldane Workshop Receipts Ser. ii. 125/1 To clean morocco leather, strain well over a board;..when done, unstrain the leather, and dry. |