ungrapplev.
(un- prefix2 1b(b).)
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
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Desagrafer, to vnclaspe, vngraple, vnhaspe.
a1642 W. Monson Naval Tracts (1704) ii. 246/2 Our Barks were forc'd to ungraple and fall off.
1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. xlii. 188 The Monk going about to ungrapple his vizor, let go his hold of the bridle.
Derivatives
unˈgrappler n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > [noun] > one who or that which
unlooser1614
loosener1843
looser1871
ungrappler1891
1891 C. E. Norton tr. Dante Divine Comedy I. xxii. 119 The heat was a sudden ungrappler.
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