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Webster 1913 Edition
Unfasten
Un-fas′ten
,Verb.
T.
[1st pref.
un-
+ fasten
.] To loose; to unfix; to unbind; to untie.
Webster 1828 Edition
Unfasten
UNF'ASTEN
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
unfasten
unfasten
English
Verb
unfasten (third-person singular simple present unfastens, present participle unfastening, simple past and past participle unfastened)
- (transitive) To loose; to unfix; to unbind; to untie; figuratively, to detach from any connecting link or agency; to disconnect.
- (intransitive) To come untied or unloosed.
Quotations
- c. 1598, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 2, iv. 1. 209.
- He doth unfasten so and shake a friend.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Translations
to loose
|
to come untied or unloosed
References
- unfasten in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911