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1 ἐκλύω
+ V 4-14-10-8-9=45 Gn 27,40; 49,24(bis); Dt 20,3; Jos 10,6A: to unloose, to unstring [τι] Gn 27,40; to weaken Ezr 4,4; to break up, to depart [intrans.] 2 Mc 13,16 P: to be faint, to fail (physically) 1 Sm 14,28; id. (morally) Prv 6,3ὁ ἐκλύειν με μέλλων he who is about to unloose me, my redeemer Jb 19,25Cf. SPICQ 1978a, 228-229; →NIDNTT; TWNT -
2 λύω
+ V 2-1-5-10-15=33 Gn 42,27; Ex 3,5; Jos 5,15; Is 5,27; 14,17A: to loose, to untie (bounds) [τι] Jb 39,5; to unbind, to unfasten, to open (a sack) [τι] Gn 42,27; to untie, to loose(sandals) [τι] Ex 3,5; to untie, to loose, to set free (the devil) [τινα] TobS 3,17; to deliver [τινα] Jb 5,20; to loose [τινα] Ps 145 (146),7; to break down, to destroy [τι] 1 Ezr 1,52; to bring to an end, to relieve (pains) [τι] Jb 39,2; to weaken [τινα] Ps 101(102),21; to relax, to unstring (the sinews) [τι] 4 Mc 7,13; to forgive (sins) [τι] Jb 42,9; to turn away [τι] 1 Ezr 9,13M: to dishevel (hair) [τι] 3 Mc 1,4ἐν τῷ λῦσαι τὸν νόμον when he opened the (book of the) law, when he explained or set forth the law 1 Ezr 9,46; οἳ ἔλυσαν μήτραν παρθένου who loosened, opened up the womb of a virgin (used euph- emistically of sexual intercourse) Jdt 9,2, cpr. Am 1,11Cf. BASSER 1985, 297-300; HILL 1967, 49; MOORE 1985, 191; →TWNT(→ἀναλύω, ἀπολύω, διαλύω, ἐκλύω, καταλύω, παραλύω, περιλύω, συλλύω, ὑπολύω,,) -
3 χαλάω
Aχαλόωσιν Opp.H.2.451
; [dialect] Aeol. [ per.] 3pl.χόλαισι Alc.18.9
codd. Heraclit.: [tense] fut. χᾰλάσω [λᾰ] Hp.Aër.8, Epid.7.80: [tense] aor. (anap.), Hp.Epid.7.23, etc.; [dialect] Ep.χάλασσα h.Ap.6
, pl. subj.χαλάσσομεν Alc.Supp.23.10
; [dialect] Dor. part.χᾰλάξαις Pi.P.1.6
; [ per.] 3sg. [tense] fut. or [tense] aor. subj. χαλάξει (dub. sens.) Berl.Sitzb.1927.164 ([place name] Cyrene):—[voice] Med., [dialect] Ep. [tense] aor.χαλάσαντο A.R. 2.1264
:—[voice] Pass., [tense] aor. ἐχαλάσθην, subj. , Pl. Phd. 86c: [tense] pf.κεχάλασμαι AP9.297
(Antip.), App.Mith.74, Plot. 4.3.16: [tense] plpf.ἐκεχάλαστο Aristid.1.315J.
I trans., slacken, loosen, χ. βιόν, τόξα, unstring the bow, h.Ap.6, h.Hom.27.12; χ. τὰ νεῦρα, opp. συντείνειν, Pl.Phd. 98d; χ. τὸν πόδα, of a ship, v. πούς 11.2: metaph., τὰ τῆς πολιτείας χ., opp. ἐπιτείνειν, Plu.2.827b:—[voice] Pass., opp. ἐπιτείνεσθαι, Pl.Phd. 86c, 94c;χαλᾶσθαι καὶ διαφθείρεσθαι Id.Lg. 653c
;χαλᾶσθαι ὑπὸ τῆς ἡδονῆς Porph.Marc.7
.2 let down, let fall, πτέρυγα χαλάξαις Pi.l.c.; χαλάσας ὀλίγον τὸ μέτωπον having unbent the brow, Ar.V. 655 (anap.); μαστοὺς χάλασον, says the Cyclops to his ewe, E.Cyc.55 (lyr.); κράββατον, δίκτυα χ., Ev.Marc. 2.4, Ev.Luc.5.5;τὴν ἱερὰν ἄγκυραν Suid.
; dip in a liquid,εἰς αἷμα PMag.Par.1.2886
; soak, PHolm.14.33:—[voice] Med., ἱστὸν χαλάσαντο lowered it, A.R.2.1264.3 let loose, release,τινὰ ἐκ δεσμῶν A.Pr. 177
(anap.); abs., let go, slacken one's hold, μηδαμῇ χάλα ib.58.4 ἡνίας χ. slacken the reins, esp. in metaph. sense,χ. τὰς ἡνίας τοῖς λόγοις Pl.Prt. 338a
, cf. E.Fr. 409.5 κλῇθρα χ. loose the bars or bolts, i.e. undo or open the door, S.Ant. 1187, E.Hipp. 808; ;χ. τοὺς μοχλούς Ar.Lys. 310
; but alsoπύλας μοχλοῖς χαλᾶτε A.Ch. 879
.6 loosen or undo things drawn tightly together,χ. κρεμαστὴν ἀρτάνην S.OT 1266
;χ. πᾶν κάλυμμ' ἀπ' ὀφθαλμῶν Id.El. 1468
;χ. δεσμά E.Andr. 577
; ;τὸ στόμα X.Eq.6.8
:—[voice] Pass.,τὰ χαλώμενα ὅπλα Hp.Art.43
;πρὶν ἂν χαλασθῇ δεσμά A.Pr. 991
.7 of the bowels, etc.,ὑγρὰ χ. Hp.Prorrh.1.99
, cf. Coac.20;ἢν αἱ μῆτραι μὴ χαλάσωσι τὰ ἐπιμήνια Id.Mul.1.61
.8 metaph., τὴν ὀργήν χ. let it go, Ar.V. 727 (anap.);χ. [τὸν νόον] ἐς ὄψιν τινός Ti.Locr.104c
;χ. ἐπιθυμίαν Plu.2.133a
;τὸ βαρὺ καὶ ἀμειδές Alciphr.3.3
; remit,μήτε τῆς προνοίας χαλώσης τὴν.. ὑπεροχήν Procl.Inst. 122
; τὸ ἀεὶ ταῦτα οὕτως ἔχειν ἐχάλασαν relaxed the strict principle that.. Pl.Sph. 242e:—[voice] Pass., to be softened,λίθος εἰς ὑγρότητα κεχαλασμένος Callistr.Stat.5
; also κεχαλάσθαι εἰς τὸ αὐτεξούσιον to have free play, opp. συντετάχθαι, Plot.4.3.16.II intr., become slack or loose, opp. συντείνω, Pl.Phd. 98d;χόλαισιν ἄγκυρραι Alc.18.9
(s. v.l.);ζῶναι χαλῶσι E.Ba. 935
; πύλαι χαλῷσαι open gates, X.Cyr.7.5.29: metaph. c. gen., have a remission of,χαλάσσομεν τὰς θυμοβόρω λύας Alc.Supp.23.10
;τί χαλᾷ μανιῶν; A.Pr. 1057
(anap.); (also abs., S.OC 203 (lyr.), 840); relax,φρονήματος χ. E.Fr. 716
; (troch.); [τὸ ὂν] χαλάσαν τῆς τοῦ ἑνὸς ἁπλότητος Dam.Pr.13
.2 c. dat. pers., χ. τινι give way or yield to any one, be indulgent to him,εἰ τοῖσιν.. κτείνουσιν ἀλλήλους χαλᾷς A.Eu. 219
;χάλα τοκεῦσιν E.Hec. 403
; with gen. add.,μοι τῆς ἀρχῆς χάλασον Pl.Men. 86e
, cf. Plu.Lyc.7: abs., give way, .3 abs., grow slack or weak,ἐπειδὰν αἱ ἐπιθυμίαι παύσωνται κατατείνουσαι καὶ χαλάσωσι Id.R.329c
; abate, Aër.8;ὀδύνη Id.Acut.16
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4 ἀνίημι
ἀνίημι, ης (ἀνιεῖς, as if from ἀνιέω, dub. in Il.5.880), ησι: [tense] impf. ἀνίην, Hom. and [dialect] Att. 2 and [ per.] 3sg. εις, ει, [dialect] Ion. [ per.] 3sg.A (Abu Simbel, vi B. C., Iterat. ; alsoἠνίει Hp.Epid.7.46
; [ per.] 1sg.ἀνίειν Luc.Cat.4
: [tense] fut. ἀνήσω: [tense] pf. ἀνεῖκα: [tense] aor. 1 ἀνῆκα; [dialect] Ion. ἀνέηκα.:—the Homeric formsἀνέσει Od.18.265
, [tense] aor. opt.ἀνέσαιμι 14.209
, part.ἀνέσαντες 13.657
should be referred to ἀνέζω, butἄνεσαν Il.21.537
is from ἀνίημι: [tense] aor. 2, [ per.] 3pl.ἀνεῖσαν Th.5.32
, imper. , S.Ant. 1101, E.Hel. 442, subj. , [dialect] Ep. [ per.] 3sg. subj.ἀνήη Il.2.34
, opt. ἀνείη, inf. ἀνεῖναι, part. ἀνείς:—[voice] Pass., ἀνίεμαι: [tense] pf.ἀνεῖμαι Hdt.2.65
, A.Th. 413, [ per.] 3pl. [tense] pf.ἀνέωνται Hdt.2.165
(v.l. ἀνέονται), inf. ἀνἑῶσθαι (sic) Tab.Heracl.1.153: [tense] aor. part. e: [tense] fut.ἀνεθήσομαι Th.8.63
. [ ἀνῐ- [dialect] Ep., ἀνῑ- [dialect] Att.: but even Hom. has ἀνῑει, ἀνῑέμενος, and we find ἀνῐησιν in Pl.Com.153 (anap.).]: — send up or forth,Ζεφύροιο.. ἀήτας Ὠκεανὸς ἀνίησιν Od.4.568
; of Charybdis,τρὶς μὲν γάρ τ' ἀνίησιν.. τρὶς δ' ἀναροιβδεῖ 12.105
;ἀφρὸν ἀ.
spew up, vomit,A.
Eu. 183;σταγόνας [αἵματος] ἀ. S.OT 1277
; of the earth, καρπὸν ἀ. make corn or fruit spring up, h.Cer.333; ; also of the gods,ἀ. ἄροτον γῆς S.OT 270
, etc.; so of females, produce, ib. 1405:—in [voice] Pass., : then in various relations,συὸς χρῆμα ἀ. S.Fr. 401
; ; of a forest,πῦρ καὶ φλόγα Th.2.77
;πνεῦμ' ἀνεὶς ἐκ πνευμόνων E.Or. 277
:— send up from the grave or nether world, A.Pers. 650, Ar.Ra. 1462, Phryn.Com.1 D., Pl.Cra. 403e, etc.:— [voice] Pass., ἐκ γῆς κάτωθεν ἀνίεται ὁ πλοῦτος ibid.; of fruit, Thphr.CP5.1.5.II let go, from Hom. downwds. a very common sense, ἐμὲ δὲ γλυκὺς ὕπνος ἀνῆκεν, i.e. left me, Il.2.71, etc., cf. Pl.Prt. 310d: —[voice] Pass., wake up,D.S.
17.56; set free,ἐκ στέγης ἀ. S.Ant. 1101
; let go unpunished,ἄνδρα τὴν ὀλιγαρχίαν λυμαινόμενον X.HG2.3.51
, cf. Lys.13.93; ἄνετέ μ' ἄνετε leave me alone, forbear, S.El. 229 (lyr.); of a state of mind,ἐμὲ δ' οὐδ' ὣς θυμὸν ἀνίει.. ὀδύνη Il. 15.24
;ὅταν μ' ἀνῇ νόσος μανίας E.Or. 227
;ὥς μιν ὁ οἶνος ἀνῆκε Hdt.1.213
, etc.; ἀ. ἵππον to let him go (by slackening the rein), S.El. 721;ἵππους εἰς τάχος ἀ. X.Eq.Mag.3.2
;τῷ δήμῳ τὰς ἡνίας ἀ. Plu.Per. 11
.b loosen, unfasten,δεσμόν Od.8.359
(v.l. δεσμῶν); δεσμά τ' ἀνεῖσαι Call.Hec.1.2.13
: hence, open,πύλας ἄνεσαν Il.21.537
;ἀ. θύρετρα E.Ba. 448
; ἀ. σήμαντρα break the seal, Id.IA 325:—[voice] Pass.,πύλαι ἀνειμέναι D.H.10.14
.2 ἀ. τινί let loose at one, slip at,ἀ. τὰς κύνας X.Cyn.7.7
: henceἄφρονα τοῦτον ἀνέντες Il.5.761
, cf. 880: c. acc. et inf., Διομήδεα μαργαίνειν ἀνέηκεν ib. 882: generally, set on or urge to do a thing, c. inf., , cf. 17.425, Il.2.276, 5.422: freq. c. acc. pers. only, let loose, excite, asοὐδέ κε Τηλέμαχον.. ῷδ' ἀνιείης Od.2.185
;μέγας δέ σε θυμὸς ἀνῆκεν Il.7.25
; τοῖσιν μὲν Θρασυμήδεα δῖον ἀνῆκεν urged Thrasymedes to their aid, 17.705:—so in [voice] Pass.,ἅπας κίνδυνος ἀνεῖται σοφίας Ar.Nu. 955
.3 ἀ. τινὰ πρός τι to let go for any purpose,τὸν λεὼν.. ἀνεῖναι πρὸς ἔργα τε καὶ θυσίας Hdt.2.129
; ἐς παιγνίην ἑωυτὸν ἀ. ib. 173;τὰ μικρὰ εἰς τύχην ἀνείς E.Fr. 974
(v.l. ἀφείς); τὰ σώματα ἐπὶ ῥᾳδιουργίαν X.Cyr.7.5.75
; ἐὰν δ' ἀνῇς, ὕβριστον χρῆμα κἀκόλαστον [γυνή] if you leave her free, Pl.Com.98.4 let, allow, c. acc. et inf., ;ἀ. τρίχας αὔξεσθαι Hdt.2.36
, cf. 4.175: with inf. omitted,ἀνεῖσα πένθει κόμαν E. Ph. 323
; ἀ. στολίδος κροκόεσσαν τρυφάν ib. 1491;κόμας Plu.Lys.1
: c. dat. pers. et inf., ἀνεὶς αὐτῷ θηρᾶν having given him leave to hunt, X.Cyr.4.6.3.5 [voice] Med., loosen, undo, c. acc., κόλπον ἀνιεμένη baring her breast, Il.22.80; αἶγας ἀνιέμενοι stripping or flaying goats, Od.2.300; soἀνεῖτο λαγόνας E.El. 826
; so in [voice] Act., ἀνιέναι· δέρειν, Hsch.6 let go free, leave untilled, of ground dedicated to a god,τέμενος ἀνῆκεν ἅπαν Th.4.116
;ἀργὸν παντάπασι τὸ χωρίον ἀνιέντες τῷ θεῷ Plu.Publ.8
; generally,τὴν χώραν ἀ. μηλόβοτον Isoc.14.31
;ἀρούρας ἀσπόρους ἀ. Thphr.HP8.11.9
; allowed to run wild, Ge.49.21:—but this sense mostly in [voice] Pass., devote oneself, give oneself up,ἐς τὸ ἐλεύθερον Hdt.7.103
; esp. of animals dedicated to a god, which are let range at large (cf. ἄνετος), ἀνεῖται τὰ θηρία Id.2.65
; of a person devoted to the gods, ; of places, etc.,θεοῖσιν ἀ. δένδρεα Call. Cer.47
; ἄλσος ἀνειμένον a consecrated grove, cj. in Pl.Lg. 761c; of land,ἀ. εἰς νομάς PTeb.60.8
,72.36 (ii B.C.): hence metaph., ἀνειμένος εἴς τι devoted to a thing, wholly engaged in it, e.g.ἐς τὸν πόλεμον Hdt.2.167
; ἀνέωνται ἐς τὸ μάχιμον they are given up to military service, ib. 165; ἐς τὸ κέρδος λῆμ' ἀνειμένον given up to.., E.Heracl. 3: hence [tense] pf. part. [voice] Pass. ἀνειμένος as Adj., going free, left to one's own will and pleasure, at large, S.Ant. 579, El. 516;ἀ. τι χρῆμα πρεσβυτῶν γένος καὶ δυσφύλακτον E.Andr. 727
; πέπλοι ἀνειμένοι let hang loose, ib. 598; τὸ εἰς ἀδικίαν καὶ πλεονεξίαν -μένον unrestrained propensity to.., Plu.Num.16;σώματα πρὸς πᾶσαν ἐπιθυμίαν ἀνειμένα Id.Lyc.10
.7 slacken, relax, opp. ἐπιτείνω or ἐντείνω, of a bow or stringed instrument, unstring, as Hdt.3.22, cf. Pl.R. 442a, Ly. 209b, X.Mem.3.10.7, etc.; esp. of musical scales, ἁρμονίαι ἀνειμέναι, opp. σύντονοι, Arist.Pol. 1342b22, al.; ἀνειμένα Ἰαστὶ μοῦσα Pratin.Lyr.5: metaph.,ὀργῆς ὀλίγον τὸν κόλλοπ' ἀ. Ar.V. 574
, cf. Pherecr.145.4, Pl.R. 410e;πολιτεῖαι ἀνειμέναι καὶ μαλακαί Arist.Pol. 1290a28
; ; ἀνειμένη τάσις the grave accent, Sch.D.T.p.130H.;οἱ πάγοι τὰς φλόγας ἀ.
temper,Arist.
Mu. 397b2: hence,b remit, neglect, give up,στέρνων ἀραγμούς S.OC 1608
;φυλακὰς ἀνῆκα E.Supp. 1042
; φυλακήν, ἄσκησιν, etc., Th.4.27, X.Cyr.7.5.70, etc.; ἀ. θάνατόν τινι to remit sentence of death to one, let one live, E.Andr. 531;ἔχθρας, κολάσεις τισί Plu.2.536a
; ἀ. τὰ χρέα, τὰς καταδίκας, Id.Sol.15, D.C.64.8, cf. 72.2; ἄνες λόγον speak more mildly, E.Hel. 442; soἀ. τινὸς ἔχθραν Th.3.10
; ἀ. ἀρχήν, πόλεμον, etc., Id.1.76, 7.18, etc.:—[voice] Pass., to be treated remissly,ἀνεθήσεται τὰ πράγματα Id.8.63
; has become effete, powerless,E.
Or. 941: freq. in [tense] pf. part. ἀνειμένος as an Adj., ἐν τῷ ἀνειμένῳ τῆς γνώμης when their minds are not strung up for action, Th.5.9; ἀνειμένῃ τῇ διαίτῃ relaxed, unconstrained, of the Athenians, Id.1.6; δίαιτα λίαν ἀ., of the Ephors, Arist.Pol. 1270b32;ἀ. ἡδοναί
dissolute,Pl.
R. 573a; ἄνανδρος καὶ λίαν ἀ. ib. 549d;ἀ. χείλεα
parched,Theoc.
22.63; of climate,ἀ. καὶ μαλακός Thphr.CP5.4.4
;ὀσμὴ μαλακὴ καὶ ἀ. 5.7.1
: [comp] Comp.ἀνειμενώτερος Iamb.VP15.67
:—but,8 the sense of relaxation occurs also as an intr. usage of the [voice] Act., slacken, abate, of the wind,ἐπειδὰν πνεῦμ' ἀνῇ S.Ph. 639
, cf. Hdt.2.113, 4.152;ἕως ἀνῇ τὸ πῆμα S.Ph. 764
, cf. Hdt.1.94; ἐμφῦσα οὐκ ἀνίει, of a viper, having fastened on him she does not let go, Id.3.109: esp. in phrase οὐδὲν ἀνιέναι not to give way at all, X.HG2.3.46, cf. Cyr.1.4.22; τὰς τιμὰς ἀνεικέναι ἤκουον that prices had fallen, D.56.25, cf. Arist.Rh. 1390a15; σιδήρια ἀ. ἐν τοῖς μαλακοῖς lose their edge, Thphr.HP5.5.1.b c. part., give up or cease doing, ὕων οὐκ ἀνίει [ὁ θεός] Hdt.4.28, cf. 125, 2.121.β, E.IT 318, etc.c c. gen., cease from a thing, ; , D.21.186;φιλονικίας Th.5.32
; ἀνῆκε τοῦ ἐξελθεῖν forbore to come forth, LXX 1 Ki.23.13.9 dilute, dissolve, διά τινος or τινί, Gal.13.520, al., Gp.4.7.3, cf. Arr.An.7.20.5 (Phryn.19 says that διΐημι is more correct in this sense);διυγραινομένων καὶ ἀνιεμένων Thphr.Vent.58
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5 ἐκλύω
ἐκλύω [ῡ,A v. λύω], set free, πόνων from labours, A.Pr. 328; release,ὕδατα PTeb.49.6
(ii B. C.):—[voice] Pass., to be set free,ἐκλέλυμαι πόθου Thgn. 1339
; :—[voice] Med., get one set free, release,ἀλλ' ἄγε δή σε κακῶν ἐκλύσομαι Od.10.286
; ;θανάτου νιν ἐκλύσασθε E.Andr. 818
; : c. acc. pers. only,ἐξελύσαντο τοὺς Ἀργείους X.HG 7.1.25
: abs., ἐξελυσάμην I delivered him from danger, S.Aj. 531.II unloose, ἐ. τόξα unstring a bow, Hdt.2.173;ἐ. ἁρμούς E.Hipp. 825
; σκαιὸν ἐκλύσων στόμα likely to let loose a foolish tongue, S.Aj. 1225.2 make an end of, ἐξέλυσας..σκληρᾶς ἀοιδοῦ δασμόν paid it off, Id.OT 35;ἐπίπονον ἁμέραν Id.Tr. 654
; ;ἔριν καὶ φιλονικίαν D.9.14
; ἐξελύσατε (v.l. -λύσασθε)τὰς παρασκευάς Id.18.26
.3 relax, Arist.HA 610a27;τῆς φροντίδος τὸ ἀκριβές Luc.Dom. 17
:— [voice] Pass., to be faint, fail, Hp.Aph.2.41, Isoc.15.59, D.19.224, Phld.Ir. p.69 W., etc.;πρὸς τὸν πόλεμον Isoc.4.150
; ἐκλυθῆναι τοῖς σώμασι, τῇ ψυχῇ, Arist.Fr. 144, Plb.29.17.4 (so intr. in [voice] Act., J.BJ1.33.5), etc.; of things, to be unserviceable,τὰ τῶν πλοίων ἐκλελυμένα Arist.Pol. 1320b37
; ἐκλύεται ὁ ῥοῦς, τὰ ῥεύματα, cease, Plb.4.43.9, 4.41.5.4 Medic., ἐ. κοιλίαν relax the bowels, Dsc.4.169.b purchase, Herod.6.91.6 resolve a doubt, in [voice] Pass., A.D.Synt.176.24; also τὰ ὑπ' ἀμφιβολίαν πίπτοντα ἐκλύεται τοῦ ἀμφιβόλου ib.311.11.
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unstring — ► VERB (past and past part. unstrung) 1) (unstrung) unnerved: a mind unstrung by loneliness. 2) remove or relax the string or strings of (a bow or musical instrument) … English terms dictionary
unstring — [unstriŋ′] vt. unstrung, unstringing 1. to loosen or remove the string or strings of 2. to remove from a string 3. to loosen; relax 4. to cause to be unstrung; make nervous, weak, upset, etc … English World dictionary
unstring — /un string /, v.t., unstrung, unstringing. 1. to deprive of strings: to unstring a violin. 2. to take from a string: to unstring beads. 3. to loosen the strings of: to unstring a bow. 4. to relax the tension of. 5. to relax unduly, or weaken (the … Universalium
unstring — un•string [[t]ʌnˈstrɪŋ[/t]] v. t. strung, string•ing 1) mad to loosen or remove the strings of: to unstring a bow[/ex] 2) to take from a string: to unstring beads[/ex] 3) to relax the tension of 4) to relax unduly or weaken (the nerves) 5) to… … From formal English to slang
unstring — verb To remove the string or strings from. Unstring the bows before storing them … Wiktionary
unstring — /ʌnˈstrɪŋ/ (say un string) verb (t) (unstrung, unstringing) 1. to deprive of a string or strings. 2. to remove from a string, as beads, pearls, etc. 3. to loosen the strings of. 4. to weaken psychologically or emotionally, by or as by a shock to… …
unstring — transitive verb (unstrung; unstringing) Date: 1611 1. to loosen or remove the strings of 2. to remove from a string 3. to make weak, disordered, or unstable < was unstrung by the news > … New Collegiate Dictionary
unstring — turnings … Anagrams dictionary
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