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Webster 1913 Edition

Unbrace

Un-brace′

,
Verb.
T.
[1st pref.
un-
+
brace
.]
To free from tension; to relax; to loose;
as, to
unbrace
a drum; to
unbrace
the nerves
.
Spenser.

Webster 1828 Edition

Unbrace

UNBRA'CE

,
Verb.
T.
To loose; to relax; as, to unbrace a drum; to unbrace the arms; to unbrace the nerves.

Definition 2024

unbrace

unbrace

English

Verb

unbrace ‎(third-person singular simple present unbraces, present participle unbracing, simple past and past participle unbraced)

  1. (transitive) To undo, unfasten; to relax, loosen.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.iv:
      The knight emboyling in his haughtie hart, / Knit all his forces, and gan soone vnbrace / His grasping hold [...].

Etymology

From un- +‎ brace.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ʌnˈbɹeɪs/

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