untent

verb

untent

verb

Etymology From un- + tent.

1

To bring out of a tent.

  • Why, will he not, upon our fair request, Untent his person, and share the air with us?c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:

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