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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)
- (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.