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English
Etymology
From un- + tent.
Verb
untent (third-person singular simple present untents, present participle untenting, simple past and past participle untented)
- (transitive) To bring out of a tent.
c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:Why, will he not, upon our fair request,
Untent his person, and share the air with us?
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