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unbreast

unbreast verb: to disclose or lay open; to unbosom.

Verb

unbreast (third-person singular simple present unbreasts, present participle unbreasting, simple past and past participle unbreasted)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To disclose or lay open; to unbosom.
    • Could'st thou unmask their pomp, unbreast their heart1633, Phineas Fletcher, Piscatorie Eclogues
    • Alas! the wings of Hope, that soar elate, / On earth fall quivering, soon to faint, and cease, / Leaving the unbreasted clouds to darken and increase.1889, Richard Yates Sturges, The Angel of Love: And Other Poems, page 82

Forms of unbreast

third-person singular presentunbreasts
present participleunbreasting
past participleunbreasted
pastunbreasted

Origin of unbreast

From un- + breast.

Questions about unbreast

What does unbreast mean?
Unbreast means to disclose or lay open; to unbosom.
What part of speech is unbreast?
Unbreast is a verb.
What is the past tense of unbreast?
The past tense of unbreast is unbreasted.

Words near unbreast in the dictionary

  1. unbreakables
  2. unbreakably
  3. unbreakfasted
  4. unbreaking
  5. unbreaks
  6. unbreast
  7. unbreasted
  8. unbreasting
  9. unbreasts
  10. unbreathability
  11. unbreathable

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