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English
Etymology
From un- + roost.
Verb
unroost (third-person singular simple present unroosts, present participle unroosting, simple past and past participle unroosted)
- (transitive) To remove from the roost.
c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :Give her the bastard,
Thou dotard; thou art woman-tired, unroosted
By thy Dame Partlet here.
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