disbend

verb

disbend

verb

Etymology From dis- + bend.

1

Obsolete To unbend (figurative senses)

Is it that God euen then, would hautie thoughts disbend?1613, William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling, An Elegie on the Death of Prince Henrie:
You allegate the ſenseſ Diſbending cominous defects, In your abſurd pretencea. 1645, William Lithgow, Rare Adventures and Paineful Peregrinations:

1 more example

Let not your zeale disbend, proove faithfull in your places1635, David Lindsay, An eclog on the death of Patricke Forbes:

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