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单词 unpawn
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unpawnv.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈpɔːn/, U.S. /ˌənˈpɔn/, /ˌənˈpɑn/
Forms: see un- prefix2 and pawn v.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix2, pawn v.
Etymology: < un- prefix2 + pawn v.
Now historical and rare.
transitive. To redeem (a pawned article). Also figurative.
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society > trade and finance > buying > buy [verb (transitive)] > buy back > from pawn
repledge1479
unpawn1579
repawn1641
redeem1793
1579 H. Heron Kayes of Counsaile vii. 91 Why should P[l]ate be vnpauned and the owner lyke to be imprisoned?
a1668 W. Davenant Wits i. 169 in Wks. (1673) We can't unpawn the Oaths We left at the Bar for the last Reckoning.
1680 London Gaz. No. 1496/4 The Murderer..having unpawn'd and changed his Cloaths.
1793 Levellers i. 7 A Note, With Cash enclos'd t' unpawn Their Coat.
1837 C. Shaw Personal Mem. & Corr. I. xxvi. 348 The next day upwards of thirty, unknown to each other, came to solicit for some to unpawn the fiddle.
1896 Reynolds's Newspaper 29 Mar. He longed..for money that he might send to Vienna and unpawn his clothes and his jewellery.
1984 P. O'Brian Far Side of World iii. 99 He had obtained an advance on his pay, enough to unpawn his sextant.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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