unstuffv.
1. transitive. To empty (of people).
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the world > space > place > absence > fact of being unoccupied > leave unoccupied [verb (transitive)] > clear out > of people
rimeOE
unstuffa1500
usha1578
unfurnish1603
clear1851
a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xx. 358 Moo [men] he myght haue hadde yef he wolde, but he seide he wolde not lete the reame be vnstuffed of peple.
2. To free from being stuffed.
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the world > space > place > absence > fact of being unoccupied > leave unoccupied [verb (transitive)] > empty > of stuffing or congestion
unbombast1596
unstuff1611
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Desestouffer, to emptie, euacuate, vnstuffe.
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