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disbend

disbend verb: to unbend (figurative senses).

Verb

disbend (third-person singular simple present disbends, present participle disbending, simple past and past participle disbent)

  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

Forms of disbend

third-person singular presentdisbends
present participledisbending
past participledisbent
pastdisbent

Origin of disbend

From dis- + bend.

Questions about disbend

What does disbend mean?
Disbend means to unbend (figurative senses).
What part of speech is disbend?
Disbend is a verb.
What is the past tense of disbend?
The past tense of disbend is disbent.

Words near disbend in the dictionary

  1. disbench
  2. disbenched
  3. disbenches
  4. disbenching
  5. disbenchment
  6. disbend
  7. disbending
  8. disbends
  9. disbenefit
  10. disbenefits
  11. disbent

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