unscreen

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English

Etymology

From un- +‎ screen.

Verb

unscreen (third-person singular simple present unscreens, present participle unscreening, simple past and past participle unscreened)

  1. (transitive, sometimes figurative) To reveal by removing a screen.
    • 2005, Stephen Barber, Jean Genet:
      Rembrandt's paintings undertake an unscreening and excoriation of the human body []
    • 2012, Lillian Beckwith, The Small Party (Bello):
      The mist dispersed to unscreen a scattering of stars which in turn retreated as the moon rose to lean over the shoulder of the hill like a curious neighbour leaning over a fence.