unsquarev.
1. transitive. To divest of squareness; to undo the squaring of.
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the world > space > shape > angularity > specific angular shape > [verb (transitive)] > make or mark out into square(s) > divest of squareness
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the world > relative properties > number > geometry > form or represent geometrically [verb (transitive)] > construct or manipulate geometric object
to pull out?a1560
apply1570
coapt1570
quadrate1623
raise1647
join1660
range1670
project1673
rabat1868
unsquare1872
1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Disquatrare, to vnsquare.
1872 A. De Morgan Budget of Paradoxes 470 Montucla charges Cluvier with unsquaring the parabola, which Archimedes had squared as tight as a glove.
2. intransitive. To lose squareness of form or structure.
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the world > space > shape > misshapenness > lose shape or become misshapen [verb (intransitive)]
disfigure1605
unsquare1790
disform1868
1790 Trans. Soc. Arts 8 168 [The loom] is not liable to unsquare; and yet..may be more easily removed than the old loom.
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