disbend

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English

Etymology

From dis- +‎ bend.

Verb

disbend (third-person singular simple present disbends, present participle disbending, simple past and past participle disbent)

(obsolete) To unbend (figurative senses)
- 1613, William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling, An Elegie on the Death of Prince Henrie:
  Is it that God euen then, would hautie thoughts disbend?
- a. 1645, William Lithgow, Rare Adventures and Paineful Peregrinations:
  You allegate the ſenseſ
  Diſbending cominous defects,
  In your abſurd pretence
- 1635, David Lindsay, An eclog on the death of Patricke Forbes:
  Let not your zeale disbend, proove faithfull in your places

References

“disbend”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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