单词 | diffibulate |
释义 | † diffibulatev. Obsolete. rare. transitive. To unfasten, unclasp.In quot. a1538 figurative: to set free.Attested earliest as past participle. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > loosen, unfasten, or untie [verb (transitive)] unbindc950 undoc950 unleeseOE breaka1225 unfest?c1225 leesea1325 loosena1382 unloosea1382 loose1388 resolvea1398 unlace?c1400 unfastenc1440 unloosen?a1475 to let slip1526 unbrace?1526 diffibulatea1538 unframe1567 unclit1587 undight1590 unclip1598 unclenchc1600 unreeve1600 unlock1609 ungrapple1611 unquilt1611 abstringe1623 renode1623 unspan1648 unfast1684 disengage1780 undub1807 unclap1846 a1538 W. Holme Fall & Euill Successe Rebellion (1572) sig. B.iiijv This Prince inexpugnable Was taken by the way, but yet diffibulate At the last was he, with Raunsom innumerable. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Diffibulate, to unbutton, open or ungird. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < v.a1538 |
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